in the beginning meaning

Adverb: in the beginning

1. With reference to the origin or beginning
   - primitively, originally 
2. Before now
   - in the first place, earlier, to begin with, originally

Encyclopedia: In the beginning

• beginning:    Noun: beginning&nb ...
• beginning of life:    [Medicine]The poin ...
• beginning of the end:    [American idiom]th ...

Examples

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1. he was something serious in the beginning.
2. they numbered in the beginning only seventeen men.
3. pablo was brave in the beginning.
4. a small error in the beginning is a great one in the end.
5. everything is hard in the beginning.