Found 3 items, similar to Begin.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: begin
berawal, memulai, mengawali, mulai
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Begin
Begin
n : 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) [syn:
Menachem Begin]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Begin
Begin
\Be*gin"\, v. t.
1. To enter on; to commence.
[1913 Webster]
Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a
beginning of.
[1913 Webster]
The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures,
which leads us to the knowledge of God. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start.
[1913 Webster]
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]
Begin
\Be*gin"\, n.
Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]