Meaning & Definition of Begin in English
English⟶
Begin
/bɪgɪn/
noun
1. 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)
synonym:
- Begin,
- Menachem Begin
verb
1. 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"
- "Let's get down to work now"
synonym:
- get down,
- begin,
- get,
- start out,
- start,
- set about,
- set out,
- commence
2. 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"
synonym:
- begin,
- start
3. 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"
synonym:
- begin,
- lead off,
- start,
- commence
4. Begin to speak or say
- "Now listen, friends," he began
synonym:
- begin
5. 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 begins the novel"
- "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
synonym:
- begin
6. Have a beginning, of a temporal event
- "Ww ii began in 1939 when hitler marched into poland"
- "The company's asia tour begins next month"
synonym:
- begin
7. 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 workout"
- "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
synonym:
- begin,
- start
8. 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"
synonym:
- begin,
- start
9. 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"
synonym:
- begin
10. Begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
- "She began russian at an early age"
- "We started french in fourth grade"
synonym:
- begin
Examples of using
I begin to find you tiresome.
When are you planning to begin?
When I think of my four-dimensional self, I begin to mourn for the "broken" parts of the worm, and want to fix it. (Especially where there was suffering). Is that weird?