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begin, start, set out, commence, start out, get, get down, set about | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | |
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V1 |
begin | begin to speak or say | |
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V2 |
start, begin, commence, lead off | set in motion, cause to start | |
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V2 |
begin, start | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | |
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V1, V2 |
begin, start | have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | |
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V1 |
begin | have a beginning, of a temporal event | |
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V2 |
begin | begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language | |
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V2 |
begin | achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative | |
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Begin, Menachem Begin | 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) | |
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V1 |
begin, start | have a beginning characterized in some specified way | |
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V2 |
begin | be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series |