本末

本末
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the whole course of an event from beginning to end

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    the whole course of an event from beginning to end

    • He told me the whole story from beginning to end.

  2. noun

    ins and outs

    • He knows the full story of the matter from beginning to end.

  3. noun

    the fundamental and the incidental

    • We should distinguish clearly between the fundamental and the superficial.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A horizontal line at the base of a tree marks the root—that is the foundation, the essential base.

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