Found 3 items, similar to BEGIN.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: begin
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: begin
begin
v 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” [syn:
get down,
get,
start out
,
start,
set about,
set out,
commence] [ant:
end]
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” [syn:
start] [ant:
end]
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” [syn:
lead off,
start,
commence]
[ant:
end]
4: begin to speak or say;
“Now listen, friends,” he began
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 ceremoney officially begins the semester”
6: have a beginning, of a temporal event;
“WWII began in 1939
when Hitler marched into Poland”;
“The company's Asia tour
begins next month”
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 work-out”;
“The
semester begins with a convocation ceremony” [syn:
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” [syn:
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”
10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language;
“She
began Russian at an early age”;
“We started French in
fourth grade”
[also:
begun,
beginning,
began]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Begin
Begin
\Be*gin"\, v. t.
1. To enter on; to commence.
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Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. --Pope.
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2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a
beginning of.
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The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures,
which leads us to the knowledge of God. --Locke.
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Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start.
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Begin
\Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Began,
Begun; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
& G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
Gin to begin.]
1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
take rise; to commence.
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Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
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2. 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.
“Tears began to flow.” --Dryden.
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When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
12.
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Begin
\Be*gin"\, n.
Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] --Spenser.
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