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beginning

How many syllables in beginning?

  3 syllables

Divide beginning into syllables:   be-gin-ning
Stressed syllable in beginning:   be-gin-ning
How to pronounce beginning:   bih-gin-ing
How to say beginning:

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Synonyms for beginning


1 syllable
  • dawn
  • head
  • start
  • from
  • launch
2 syllables
  • advent
  • basis
  • kickoff
  • baptism
  • dawning
  • onset
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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What rhymes with beginning

2 syllables
  • binning
  • finning
  • grinning
  • pinning
  • sinning
  • thinning
  • dinning
  • ginning
  • inning
  • printing
  • spinning
3 syllables
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