begin is the dictionary form of began Definition of begin
begin has definitions from the field of politics |
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[ verb ] take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Examples : "We began working at dawn" "Who will start?" "Get working as soon as the sun rises!" "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia" "He began early in the day" |
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[ verb ] have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
Synonyms Examples : "The DMZ begins right over the hill" "The second movement begins after the Allegro" "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" |
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[ verb ] begin to speak or say
Examples "Now listen, friends," he began |
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[ verb ] begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
Examples "She began Russian at an early age" "We started French in fourth grade" |
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[ verb ] begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
Synonyms Examples "begin a cigar" "She started the soup while it was still hot" "We started physics in 10th grade" |
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[ noun ] (politics) Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
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[ verb ] have a beginning, of a temporal event
Examples "WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland" "The company's Asia tour begins next month" |
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[ verb ] have a beginning characterized in some specified way
Synonyms Examples "The novel begins with a murder" "My property begins with the three maple trees" "Her day begins with a work-out" "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" |
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[ verb ] be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
Examples "The number "one" begins the sequence" "A terrible murder begin the novel" "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8329
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[ verb ] achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
Examples : "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation" "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war" |
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