Found 2 items, similar to began.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: began 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] began See begin
English → English (gcide) Definition: Began 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. [1913 Webster] Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii. 12. [1913 Webster]