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   Be·gin

   /bəˈɡin/

   

   verb

   • 1. start; perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity): "it was beginning to snow" Similar startset aboutgo aboutembark onlaunch intoget down totake upturn one's hand toundertaketackleinitiateset in motioninstituteinaugurateget ahead withinformal:get cracking onget going onformal:commenceOpposite cease
   • ▪ come into being or have its starting point at a certain time or place: "the ground campaign had begun" Similar appeararisebecome apparentmake an appearancespring upcrop upturn upsurfaceemergecome into existencecome into beingoriginatestartdevelopunfoldset inbecome establishedhappenoccurformal:commenceliterary:come to passOpposite disappear
   • ▪ (of a person) hold a specific position or role before holding any other: "he began as a drummer"
   • ▪ (of a thing) originate: "Watts Lake began as a marine inlet"
   • ▪ have as a first element: "words beginning with a vowel"
   • ▪ set to work at: "Picasso began on a great canvas"
   • ▪ start speaking by saying: "“I've got to go to the hotel,” she began" Similar openlead offget under wayget goingget off the groundstartstart offgo aheadinformal:start the ball rollingkick offget the show on the roadget to itfire awaytake the plungeformal:commenceOpposite concludefinish
   • ▪ (of an article) cost at least (a specified amount): "rooms begin at $139"
   • 2. not have any chance or likelihood of doing a specified thing: informal "circuitry that Karen could not begin to comprehend"

   Word Origin Old Englishbeginnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German beginnen.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Synonyms for BEGINNING: start, inception, commencement, onset, launch, alpha, outset, dawn; Antonyms of BEGINNING: end, conclusion, ending, close, period, completion, closing, finish.

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   Synonyms for BEGIN: start, commence, inaugurate, initiate, launch, institute, open, create, embark, set about; Antonyms for BEGIN: end, finish, terminate, end, subside, finish, complete, terminate, conclude, die.