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Synonyms for begin
ˈbeɪ gɪn
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Princeton's WordNet
Begin, Menachem Begin(verb)
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)
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence(verb)
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"
Synonyms:
bug out, take, pop, make, mystify, experience, develop, put down, draw, array, have, become, sustain, protrude, jump, initiate, receive, scram, take off, bulge, go, stimulate, sire, lead off, bulge out, drive, engender, startle, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, beat, swallow, set about, get down, father, go about, incur, contract, dispirit, bring forth, grow, get going, come out, dumbfound, stupefy, start, depress, light, cast down, originate, take up, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, range, buzz off, catch, write down, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, deject, generate, capture, find, amaze, get off, baffle, produce, approach, pop out, attempt, start out, pose, vex, embark on, aim, let, set forth, perplex, arrest, gravel, let down, fetch, depart, set down, commence, part, dismount, arrive, set out, convey, set off, acquire, come, lower, bring down, dismay, pay off, undertake, unhorse, demoralise, cause, lay out, start up, demoralize, take down, nonplusbegin, start(verb)
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"
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go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jumpbegin, lead off, start, commence(verb)
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"
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go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, protrude, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, lead astray, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jumpbegin(verb)
begin to speak or say
"Now listen, friends," he began
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get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead offbegin(verb)
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"
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get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead offbegin(verb)
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"
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get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead offbegin, start(verb)
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"
Synonyms:
go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jumpbegin, start(verb)
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"
Synonyms:
go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jumpbegin(verb)
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"
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get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead offbegin(verb)
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
"She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
Synonyms:
get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead off
English Synonyms and Antonyms
begin
Synonyms:
commence, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, startAntonyms:
abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, desist, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, pause, quit, refrain, stop, terminate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
begin(v. n.)
begin(v. n.)
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commence, make a beginning, take the first step, break ground, break the icebegin(v. a.)
Synonyms:
commence, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation
How to use begin in a sentence?
Antam's financial structure is not great at the moment because the ban on raw material exports disrupted our cashflow, if the government approves our equity injection proposal we have completed the feasibility study so this year we should be able to begin construction.
In the modern world, in which thousands of people are dying every hour as a consequence of politics, no writing anywhere can begin to be credible unless it is informed by political awareness and principles. Writers who have neither product utopian trash.
Having met Vladimir Putin, I wouldn't talk to him at all. We've talked way too much to him, what I would do, immediately, is begin rebuilding the Sixth Fleet, I would begin rebuilding the missile defense program in Poland, I would conduct regular, aggressive military exercises in the Baltic states.
In line with the President's vision, we have notified the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras that The United States is taking this action as efforts to establish a cooperative, mutually respectful approach to managing migration across the region begin.
The best way to end a war is not to begin it.
Translations for begin
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- beginAfrikaans
- بدأ, يبدأArabic
- başlamaqAzerbaijani
- пачынаць, пачацца, пачаць, пачынаццаBelarusian
- почвам, започвам, почнаBulgarian
- শুরু করা, আরম্ভ করাBengali
- començar, iniciarCatalan, Valencian
- začít, začínatCzech
- begyndeDanish
- beginnen, starten, anfangenGerman
- αρχίζωGreek
- komenci, ekiEsperanto
- iniciar, empezar, comenzarSpanish
- alustama, hakkamaEstonian
- hasiBasque
- اغاز کردن, شروع کردنPersian
- alkaa, aloittaaFinnish
- byrjaFaroese
- commencerFrench
- tosaighIrish
- empezar, comezar, comenzar, iniciarGalician
- התחילHebrew
- शुरू होना, शुरू करनाHindi
- kezd, elkezdHungarian
- սկսելArmenian
- comenciar, iniciarInterlingua
- mulaiIndonesian
- komencarIdo
- byrja, hefjastIcelandic
- cominciare, iniziareItalian
- 開始, 始まる, 始めるJapanese
- იწყება, დაიწყებაGeorgian
- бастауKazakh
- ចាប់ផ្ដើមKhmer
- 시작하다Korean
- баштооKyrgyz
- incipere, initiare, committoLatin
- ເລີ່ມLao
- pradėtiLithuanian
- sāktLatvian
- почне, започнеMacedonian
- mulaMalay
- ibdaMaltese
- စBurmese
- beginnen, aanvangenDutch
- begynneNorwegian
- començar, entamenarOccitan
- zaczynać się, zaczynać, zacząć, zacząć sięPolish
- iniciar, começarPortuguese
- entschaiver, entscheiver, cumenzar, scumanzar, inizier, antschever, cumanzer, iniziarRomansh
- începeRomanian
- начинаться, начинать, начать, начатьсяRussian
- pòčēti, по̀че̄тиSerbo-Croatian
- ආරම්භ කරනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- začať, začínaťSlovak
- začetiSlovene
- fillojAlbanian
- börja, begynna, inleda, påbörjaSwedish
- ప్రారంభంTelugu
- шуру кардан, шуруъ карданTajik
- เริ่ม, เริ่มต้น, เริ่มทำThai
- başlamakTurkmen
- başlamakTurkish
- башларгаTatar
- починати, почати, починатися, початисяUkrainian
- شروع کرناUrdu
- boshlanmoq, boshlamoqUzbek
- bắt đầuVietnamese
- beginön, primönVolapük
- באַגינעןYiddish
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