take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
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)
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
"The DMZ begin s right over the hill"; "The second movement begin s after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
set in motion, cause to start
"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
begin to speak or say
"Now listen, friends," he began
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
"The number 'one' begin s the sequence"; "A terrible murder begin s the novel"; "The convocation ceremoney officially begin s the semester"
have a beginning, of a temporal event
"WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begin s next month"
have a beginning characterized in some specified way
"The novel begin s with a murder"; "My property begin s with the three maple trees"; "Her day begin s with a work-out"; "The semester begin s with a convocation ceremony"
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
"begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
"This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
"She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
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