- beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
--1 is a kind of point, point in time
--1 has particulars:birth; incipiency, incipience; terminus a quo, starting point; threshold