starting point

Noun

Meaning

earliest limiting point

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

point of departure terminus a quo genesis alpha dawn foundation fountainhead source beginning cause start base basis opening origin

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Antonyms

funeral consummation target ending conclusion completion

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Hypernyms

showtime first beginning start offset outset

Examples

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Napoleon Hill

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. John Dewey

The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. Napoleon Hill

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. Napoleon Hill

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. W. Clement Stone

From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction always toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth. Janet Frame

Close letter words and terms

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