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What's The Definition Of Begin?
[n] Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as Prime Minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt (1913-1992)
[v] take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "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" [v] set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [v] begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began [v] begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade" [v] achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "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" [v] begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" [v] have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" [v] have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "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" [v] have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month" [v] be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number"one" begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begin the novel"; "The convocation ceremoney officially begins the semester" Synonyms | Synonyms for Begin: commence | get | lead off | Menachem Begin | set about | set out | start | start | start | start out Related Terms | Find terms related to Begin: arise | attack | blast away | blast off | broach | commence | create | dig in | dive in | embark | enter | enter on | enter upon | establish | fall to | found | get off | get to | go ahead | go into | head into | inaugurate | initiate | institute | introduce | jump off | kick off | launch | lead off | open | originate | pitch in | plunge into | prepare | send off | set about | set in | set out | set sail | set to | set up | spring | start | start in | start off | start out | tackle | take off | take up | turn to | usher in See Also | accomplish | achieve | act | attack | attain | auspicate | be | bestir oneself | break in | break out | bud | come on | dawn | embark | embark on | enter | erupt | fall | get cracking | get going | get moving | get rolling | get started | get to | get weaving | inaugurate | introduce | jump off | kick in | launch | mouth | move | national leader | originate | plunge | reach | set in | set off | solon | speak | start up | statesman | strike out | talk | usher in | utter | verbalise | verbalize Begin In Webster's Dictionary \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
& G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
{Gin} to begin.]
1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
take rise; to commence.
Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to
enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or
state of being, or course of action; to take the first
step; to start. ``Tears began to flow.'' --Dryden.
When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
12.
\Be*gin"\, v. t. 1. To enter on; to commence. Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. --Pope. 2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of. The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. --Locke. Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start. \Be*gin"\, n. Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] --Spenser. |
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