begin

Plural: begins

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)
• Beginning; start.

Verb

Verb Forms: began, begun, beginning, begins

• To start performing an action or process.
• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
  • "The DMZ begins right over the hill"
  • "The second movement begins after the Allegro"
• set in motion, cause to start
  • "begin a new chapter in your life"
• begin to speak or say; he began
• 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"
• have a beginning, of a temporal event
  • "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
• 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"
• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
  • "begin a cigar"
• 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"
• begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
• To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
• To come into existence.

Examples

• I began playing the piano at the age of five.
• I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun.
• Let the Words With Friends battle begin!
• Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation.
• The program begins at 9 o’clock on the dot.

Synonyms

commence, get, get down, lead off, Menachem Begin, set about, set out, start, start out, begin, go, inchoate, initiate, open, originate, rock and roll

Antonyms

end

Anagrams of begin