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31Begin — v. (beginning; past began; past part. begun) 1 tr. perform the first part of; start (begin work; begin crying; begin to understand). 2 intr. come into being; arise: a in time (war began in 1939). b in space (Wales begins beyond the river). 3 tr.… …
32begin — verb (began; begun; beginning) Etymology: Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan; akin to Old High German biginnan to begin, Old English onginnan Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to do the first part of an action …
33begin — /bi gin /, v., began, begun, beginning. v.i. 1. to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action; commence; start: The story begins with their marriage. 2. to come into existence; arise; originate: The custom began during the Civil …
34begin — commence, begin, start 1. Commence is a more formal Latinate word for begin or start. Fowler s advice (1926) was to use begin and its derivatives except when these seem incongruous (which is in fact rare); occasions when commence is more… …
35Begin — Bẹgin, Menachem, israelischer Politiker, * Brest Litowsk 16. 8. 1913, ✝ Tel Aviv Jaffa 9. 3. 1992; Rechtsanwalt; ab 1939 in Polen führend in der radikalzionistischen Jugendorganisation »Betar«, 1940 41 in sowjetischer Haft (Arbeitslager in… …
36begin — be•gin [[t]bɪˈgɪn[/t]] v. be•gan, be•gun, be•gin•ning. 1) to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of an action; start 2) to come into existence; arise; originate: The custom began during the war[/ex] 3) to have a first part: The name… …
37Begin 2 — Infobox VG title= Begin 2 caption= developer= publisher= distributor= designer= series= engine= version= released= 1991 genre= Simulation modes= Single player platforms= DOS media= requirements= input= Begin 2 is a tactical starship simulator… …
38begin — [OE] Begin comes from a prehistoric West Germanic compound verb *biginnan, which also produced German and Dutch beginnen; the origin of the second element, *ginnan, is not known for certain. The form gin was common in the Middle Ages and up until …
39begin — verb (begins, beginning; past began; past participle begun) 1》 perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity). ↘(begin on/upon) set to work on. ↘start speaking. ↘(begin with) have as a first element. ↘(begin at) (of… …
40begin*/*/*/ — [bɪˈgɪn] (past tense began [bɪˈgæn] ; past participle begun [bɪˈgʌn] ; present participle beginning) verb 1) to start happening, or to be the first thing to happen The ceremony will begin at noon.[/ex] We usually use ‘an before a word that begins …