Beginning and Passing

Opposite meaning words

Beginning noun - The point at which something begins.

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Passing is an antonym for beginning.

Nearby Words: begin, beginner

Passing noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

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Beginning is an antonym for passing in death topic.

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

true	true beginning	true passing
actual	actual beginning	actual passing
great	great beginning	great passing
early	early beginning	early passing
Other adjectives: definitive, last, different.

Inverted in Tokyo Mew Mew: Minto, Retasu, Bu-ling and Zakuro appear in the beginning of the manga before passing through the Debut Queue, but are removed from the beginning of the anime.

Source: Early-Bird Cameo
Minto, Retasu, Bu-ling and Zakuro appear in the beginning of the manga before passing through the Debut Queue, but are removed from the beginning of the anime.

Source: Manga / Tokyo Mew Mew
The Lord of the Rings depicts the End of the Third Age and the passing of many things both evil and good, but it is also the beginning of the Fourth Age of Mankind — which need not be a Bad Thing.

Source: Dawn of an Era

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