Meanings
nounbeginning of the end (uncountable)
- uncountableThe point when something starts to end or become worse.
Mohamed Adow, the director of Power Shift Africa, said: “This text lays the ground for transformational change. This is the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era.”
2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, quoting Mohamed Adow, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024
Translations
Danish begyndelsen til enden
- begyndelsen til endenthe point when something starts to end or become worse
Finnish lopun alku
- lopun alkuthe point when something starts to end or become worse
French début de la fin
- début de la finthe point when something starts to end or become worse
German Anfang vom Ende
- Anfang vom Endethe point when something starts to end or become worse
Norwegian Bokmål begynnelsen på slutten
- begynnelsen på sluttenthe point when something starts to end or become worse
Polish początek końca
- początek końcathe point when something starts to end or become worse
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APA
beginning of the end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beginning%20of%20the%20end
MLA
“beginning of the end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beginning%20of%20the%20end. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beginning of the end,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beginning%20of%20the%20end.
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