begin
Listen:For the verb: "to begin"
| Simple Past: | began |
| Past Participle: | begun |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
begin/bɪˈɡɪn/
▶verb (begins, beginning; past began; past part. 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 a commodity) have as its lowest price.
- 2 come into being.
- 3 informal have any chance or likelihood of doing: I can't begin to describe my confusion.
– derivatives
beginner noun.
beginner noun.
– origin OE beginnan, of Gmc origin.
'begin' also found in these Oxford entries:
accelerate
- address
- an
- Aquarius
- assume
- attack
- become
- began
- begun
- bit
- blow
- break
- brew
- burst
- business
- capital
- capitalize
- catch
- come
- commence
- concupiscence
- cotton
- cross
- cue
- cut
- dawn
- daylight
- dehisce
- dew point
- dig
- dip
- diplotene
- effloresce
- embark
- enter
- exordium
- fall
- false start
- field
- fire
- first
- florescence
- foot
- forlorn
- found
- gather
- gel
- germinate
- get
