beginning stage

collocation in English

meaningsofbeginningandstage

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beginning
noun
uk
/bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/us
/bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
the first part of something or the start ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofbeginningandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At thebeginningstage, the cassettes were made for middle school students as a substitute for tutors.
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The elementary schools are divided into four groups in varying stages of intervention: nonintervention,beginningstage, integration of some program components, and integration of all program components.
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They are at thebeginningstage, but we are expecting great things of them, which we feel certain will come.
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It is an important part of event planning that is usually carried out at itsbeginningstage.
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She cites it as one first songs she ever wrote and represents thebeginningstageof her music career.
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Also, the other kinds of grammatical knowledge are more likely to be mastered in the beginning stages of learning a new word.
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In reading through dozens of trail diaries, not a single author was found who wrote of dreading to see the elephant in thisbeginningstageof the trail.
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This is just thebeginningstage.
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According to the driver, had he not lost the power, he would have continued through the tunnel, as the fire was just at thebeginningstage.
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They vary somewhat in their beginning stages of acquisition.
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The overall picture is still of a field very much in its beginning stages and very much in flux.
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There are also 13 farmers' cooperatives: 9 multipurpose, 2 credit and saving, and 2 dairy cooperatives run by women which are at thebeginningstageof organization.
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As get marks the beginning stages of the event, the causative denotes obligation to start engaging in the activity.
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Strategies are most often conscious and goal-driven, especially in the beginning stages of tackling an unfamiliar language task.
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They controlled their levels of activity to ensure a congruence between their state of health and sport aspirations, which is often a difficulty in the beginning stages.
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The results from this study indicate that a complex amalgamation and differentiation of linguistic rules actively present in both languages characterize the beginning stages of morphosyntactic development in bilingual children.
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Fox (2002) explores questions such as which variety to use in the beginning stages of language learning and when to introduce other varieties.
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In the beginning stages, it was one of those deals where we weren't sure how it was going to go.
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Despite this, a few captive chimpanzees have shown the beginning stages of iconicity.
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Hearing loss usually fluctuates in the beginning stages and becomes more permanent in later stages, although hearing aids and cochlear implants can help remedy damage.
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