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1. | [ verb ] take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | |
Synonyms: | start set_out commence start_out set_about get_down get | |
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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Related terms: | end get_cracking launch plunge get_to break_in embark attack jump_off auspicate come_on recommence strike_out fall beginning newcomer novice | |
2. | [ verb ] have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | |
Synonyms: | start | |
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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Related terms: | end terminate erupt break_out bud set_in dawn originate beginning beginning | |
3. | [ verb ] get off the ground | |
Synonyms: | start commence embark_on start_up | |
Examples: | "Who started this company?" "We embarked on an exciting enterprise" "I start my day with a good breakfast" "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM" "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" |
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Related terms: | initiate open inaugurate start beginning beginning | |
4. | [ verb ] set in motion, cause to start | |
Synonyms: | start commence lead_off | |
Examples: | "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East" "The Iraqis began hostilities" "begin a new chapter in your life" |
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Related terms: | end end start set_off inaugurate jump-start recommence beginning start beginning founder | |
5. | [ verb ] begin to speak or say | |
Examples: | "Now listen, friends," he began |
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Related terms: | talk | |
6. | [ 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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7. | [ verb ] begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | |
Synonyms: | start | |
Examples: | "begin a cigar" "She started the soup while it was still hot" "We started physics in 10th grade" |
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Related terms: | act | |
8. | [ 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) | |
Synonyms: | menachem_begin | |
Related terms: | statesman | |
9. | [ 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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Related terms: | be | |
10. | [ verb ] have a beginning characterized in some specified way | |
Synonyms: | start | |
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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Related terms: | be start | |
11. | [ 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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Related terms: | beginning | |
12. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8329 | |
13. | [ 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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Related terms: | achieve | |
Similar spelling: |
Beagan beguine Began Besson begonia Beeson beckon Beason beacon |