Beginning
Beginning adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Concluding is an antonym for beginning.
Concluding
Concluding adjective - Following all others of the same kind in order or time.
Usage example: the concluding statement will be read by the secretary
Beginning is an antonym for concluding.
Both words in one sentence
- Rose's voice-over at the beginning and end of the episode are both about her father, but the concluding one is full of new insight.
Source: Warts and All - Happily N'Ever After concluding that year with a thud and the next major DWA project, Kung Fu Panda, changing that studio's animation strategy, signaled the beginning of the end for the genre.
Source: Genre-Killer - The Elemental Chess Trilogy returns the reader to the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, beginning almost three years after the Promised Day and concluding roughly five years farther on.
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