Begin
[bɪ'gɪn] or [bɪ'ɡɪn]
Definition
(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).
(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'.
(verb.) begin to speak or say; 'Now listen, friends,' he began.
(verb.) begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; 'She began Russian at an early age'; 'We started French in fourth grade'.
(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'.
(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'.
(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'.
(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'.
(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'.
(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'.
Edited by Bryan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) To enter on; to commence.
(v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
(n.) Beginning.
Checker: Shari
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Originate, arise, take rise.[2]. Commence, make a beginning, take the first step, break ground, break the ice.
v. a. Commence, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation.
Inputed by DeWitt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Initiate, commence, prepare, start, originate, arise, inaugurate
ANT:Achieve, complete, terminate, conclude, consummate, finish, close, end
Typist: Perry
Definition
v.i. to take rise: to enter on something new: to commence.—v.t. to enter on: to commence (with at with upon):—pr.p. begin′ning; pa.t. began′; pa.p. begun′.—ns. Begin′ner one who begins: one who is beginning to learn or practise anything; Begin′ning origin or commencement: rudiments—(Spens.) Beginne′.—adj. Begin′ningless.
Typed by Billie
Examples
- We must begin, for Laura's sake, where there is the best chance of success, I replied. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You'll go on as you begin, and Amy will rule you all the days of your life. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As the golden swim of light overhead died out, the moon gained brightness, and seemed to begin to smile forth her ascendancy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We are now ready to sheathe the silo; let us begin on the inside. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I shall begin to admit what you said of yourself when you first came here--that you are a bear, and want teaching by the birds. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I must part with you for my whole life: I must begin a new existence among strange faces and strange scenes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The letter, perhaps, began in bitterness, but it did not end so. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But she took such a long walk up and down our rooms that night, while I was writing to Agnes, that I began to think she meant to walk till morning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Erringly and strangely she began the task of self-examination with self-condemnation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And here, to the great horror of Mr. John Smauker, Sam Weller began to whistle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- So, he sat down at the foot of his little iron bedstead, and began to wonder how much a year the warder made out of the dirty room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These got fairly to work at the beginning of the century, and the uses of machinery spread to the treatment of leather. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I never meant, my dear Wegg--' Mr Boffin was beginning, when Silas stopped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Really, girls, you are both to be blamed, said Meg, beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He had met her before breakfast as he was returning from a walk with his little boys, when it had been just beginning to rain. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I announced on beginning it that this narrative would be a remarkable document. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- King George III, who had begun his reign in 1760, was resolved to be much more of a king than his two German predecessors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The power of admonition which had begun to stir in Mrs. Garth had not yet discharged itself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In 1815 reconstruction was begun, and completed in 1827. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Has it begun to work with thee? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The skinning was begun and had to be finished. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It had begun on Monday, and here was Wednesday come. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He then begins to clear away the breakfast. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then you don't care for him in the way it is evident he begins to care for you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Accordingly he begins to construct the State. Plato. The Republic.
- For example, if the sun's rays fall upon silver chloride, a chemical action immediately begins, and as a result we have two separate substances, chlorine and silver. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And you needn't nudge him, Mr Jack Mullins, for I know your work begins early tomorrow, and I say the same to you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The exhaust valve is then closed, the inlet valve opened, and another cycle of four strokes begins. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typed by Katie