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Sentences 
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɪˈɡɪn/
Etymology
In summary
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.
Related words
make a start
embark on
make a beginning
enter upon
raise the curtain
𐐺𐐨𐑀𐐮𐑌
ensue
commencer
anfangen
cominciare
empezar
começar
beginnen
αρχίζω
començar
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