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Definition of Begin
1. Noun. 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).
2. Verb. Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. "They begin moving "; "Let's get down to work now"
Specialized synonyms: Recommence, Strike Out, Fall, Jump Off, Get To, Auspicate, Attack, Break In, Launch, Plunge, Come On, Embark, Enter, Bestir Oneself, Get Cracking, Get Going, Get Moving, Get Rolling, Get Started, Get Weaving
Derivative terms: Beginner, Beginning, Commencement, Start, Start, Start, Starter
Antonyms: End
3. Verb. Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense. "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
Specialized synonyms: Break Out, Erupt, Bud, Break Out, Kick In, Set In, Dawn, Originate
Related verbs: Start
Antonyms: End
Derivative terms: Start, Start, Start
4. Verb. Set in motion, cause to start. "Begin a new chapter in your life"
Specialized synonyms: Jump-start, Jumpstart, Recommence, Inaugurate, Introduce, Usher In, Set Off, Commence, Embark On, Start, Start Up
Causes: Start
Derivative terms: Beginner, Beginning, Commencement, Start, Start, Start
Antonyms: End
5. Verb. Begin to speak or say. "They won't begin the story "; "Now listen, friends,"
6. Verb. Be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series. "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
7. Verb. Have a beginning, of a temporal event. "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
8. Verb. Have a beginning characterized in some specified way. "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
9. Verb. Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object. "We started physics in 10th grade"
10. Verb. Achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative. "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
11. Verb. Begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language. "We started French in fourth grade"
Definition of Begin
1. v. i. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
2. v. t. To enter on; to commence.
3. n. Beginning.
Definition of Begin
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something. ¹
2. Noun. (nonstandard) beginning; start ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Begin
1. to start [v -GAN, -GUN, -GINNING, -GINS] - See also: start
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begin
Literary usage of Begin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"They then begin to pick holes, as we say, in the coats of some of the godly, ...
Then they begin to adhere to, and associate themselves with, carnal, loose, ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"So ho granted them a truce for tho number of days within which it was likely they
would return home, and in the mean timo did not begin to ravage the land. ..."
3. College Greek Course in English by William Cleaver Wilkinson (1888)
"begin, sweet Maids, begin the woodland song. The voice of Thyrsis. /Etna's Thyrsis
L Where were ye, Nymphs, O where, while Daphnis pined ? ..."
4. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"THE PRINCE'S TROUBLES begin. AFTER hours of persistent pursuit and persecution,
the little prince was at last deserted by the rabble and left to himself. ..."
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