begin
Meaning of begin
verb
- perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity).
Peter had just begun a life sentence for murder
it was beginning to snow
she began by rewriting the syllabus
- not have any chance or likelihood of doing a specified thing.
I can't begin to tell you how much I hate that commercial
Old English beginnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German beginnen .
Information about begin
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of begin is: begins.
- Languages in which begin is used:
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Hyphenation of begin
be-gin
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- begin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
begin synonyms
Meaning Begin:
Meaning get down:
Meaning start:
Meaning lead off:
Meaning commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); take on:
Meaning make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task):
Meaning cause (a process or action) to begin:
Meaning introduce or establish (a scheme, undertaking, or policy):
Meaning begin or introduce (a system, policy, or period):
begin antonyms
Meaning come or bring to an end:
Translation of begin
- German: starten, beginnen, anfangen, entstehen
- Italian: avviare, cominciare, incominciare, iniziare, accingersi, sorgere
- Spanish: empezar, comenzar, iniciar, surgir, arrancar
- French: commencer, débuter, démarrer
- Portuguese: começar, iniciar, arrancar
Anagrams of begin
Words that rhyme with begin
Egin, Begin, misbegin, rebegin, aristelegin, legin, Onegin, securinegin, senegin, Regin, regin
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