begin

Meaning

Verb

1. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
2. To be in the first stage of some situation
3. To come into existence.

Noun

Beginning; start.

Concepts

begin

start

commence

initiate

open

originate

set about

undertake

come

inaugurate

set out

launch

lead off

found

institute

break out

set in

embark on

make a beginning

introduce

start out

make a start

beginning

take up

get

get down

enter upon

embark

start up

reveal

break

ensue

raise the curtain

run

emerge

arise

set in motion

confess

undo

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approach

tackle

dawn

fall to

kick off

get going

end

establish

begin the performance

hold

appear

develop

occur

precede

preface

strike up

create

set

launch into

rainy season

go

come into being

stem

raise

place

put

expand

enter

be the first

along

during

accost

address

attach

berth

bring up

collide with

crash into

deal with

hitch on

hook on

land

suddenly

pick

brighten

lighten

befall

be partway

beat

close

hammer out

work out

open the curtain

set up

take the first step

play an overture

have

set off

lead

mention

remark

state

unfold

reopen

rise

innovate

inchoate

tee off

teethe

make a commencement

rise up

make a move

make preparations

take measures

bud

prelude

star

drive into

go on

come on

inception

initiation

onset

begin with

go about

carry

depart

lift

stand up

go on with

engage in

proceed

stretch

commencement

position

break into

take

bully off

face off

get started

open up

head

count

set forth

rule

attempt

throw oneself at

flare up

get to

pave the way

pioneer

starting

bind

engage

pawn

tie

shape up

turn

turn out

grow

mature

menstruate

strengthen

arrive

offer itself

be inaugurated

set down

discharge

become

disclose

emit

give forth

issue

publish

send

shoot

uncover

divide into

bloom

drive

eliminate

list

write down

embryo

fetus

pass

rock and roll

initial

upwards

job

able

can

cause to start

increase

prosper

build

construct

make

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪˈɡɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), from be- + base verb *ginnaną also found in Old English onginnan.