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"The DMZ begins right over the hill" "The second movement begins after the Allegro"verbhave a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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"begin a new chapter in your life"verbset in motion, cause to startOpposite:
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"begin a cigar"verbbegin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
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"The novel begins with a murder" "My property begins with the three maple trees" "Her day begins with a workout" "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"verbhave a beginning characterized in some specified way
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nounIsraeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
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"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"verbachieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negativetype of:
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verbbegin to speak or say
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verbbegin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
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"The number `one' begins the sequence" "A terrible murder begins the novel" "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"verbbe the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
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"The company's Asia tour begins next month"verbhave a beginning, of a temporal eventtype of:
Definition that contains begin
- go begin or set in motion
- open begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start begin or set in motion
- start begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- start begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- light begin to smoke
- fall begin vigorously
- age begin to seem older; get older
- attack begin to injure
- begin begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language