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beginning of the end en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The point when something starts to end or become worse.
    • Mohamed Adow, the director of Power Shift Africa, said: “This text lays the ground for transformational change. This is the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era.” 2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, quoting Mohamed Adow, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024:

Relateds

beginning to end

Translations (7)

nn byrjinga på slutten (the point when something starts to end or become worse) · nb begynnelsen på slutten (the point when something starts to end or become worse) · de Anfang vom Ende (the point when something starts to end or become worse) · fr début de la fin (the point when something starts to end or become worse) · pl początek końca (the point when something starts to end or become worse) · da begyndelsen til enden (the point when something starts to end or become worse) · fi lopun alku (the point when something starts to end or become worse)