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Begin

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Definitions for Begin

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)
Synonyms
Menachem Begin
verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Synonyms
get down get start out start set about set out commence
Examples
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
verb
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
Synonyms
start
Examples
  1. The DMZ begins right over the hill
  2. The second movement begins after the Allegro
  3. Prices for these homes start at $250,000
verb
set in motion, cause to start
Synonyms
lead off start commence
Examples
  1. The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
  2. The Iraqis began hostilities
  3. begin a new chapter in your life
verb
begin to speak or say
Examples
  1. `Now listen, friends', he began
verb
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
Examples
  1. The number `one' begins the sequence
  2. A terrible murder begins the novel
  3. The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester
verb
have a beginning, of a temporal event
Examples
  1. WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland
  2. The company's Asia tour begins next month
verb
have a beginning characterized in some specified way
Synonyms
start
Examples
  1. The novel begins with a murder
  2. My property begins with the three maple trees
  3. Her day begins with a workout
  4. The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
verb
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
Synonyms
start
Examples
  1. begin a cigar
  2. She started the soup while it was still hot
  3. We started physics in 10th grade
verb
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
Examples
  1. This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation
  2. You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war
verb
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
Examples
  1. She began Russian at an early age
  2. We started French in fourth grade

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