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Begin
bɪˈɡɪn
Begin definitions
verb
begins
beginning
began
begun
begin
- perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity)
"Peter had just begun a life sentence for murder"
start set about go about embark on launch into get down to take up turn one's hand to undertake tackle- come into being or have its starting point at a certain time or place
"a new era had begun"
- (of a person) hold a specified role before holding any other
"he began as a drummer"
- have as a first element
"words beginning with a vowel"
- set to work at
"Picasso began on a great canvas"
- start speaking by saying
"‘Mr Smith,’ he began"
- (of an article) cost at least (a specified amount)
"rooms begin at £139"
- not have any chance or likelihood of doing a specified thing
"I can't begin to tell you how much I hate that commercial"