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Definition for begin

verb as in start

Strongest matches

commence, create, do, establish, found, go ahead, go into, inaugurate, initiate, introduce, launch, lead, make, open, prepare, produce, set up, start, undertake

Strong matches

activate, actualize, cause, drive, effect, eventuate, generate, impel, induce, instigate, institute, motivate, mount, occasion, originate, trigger

Weak matches

break ground, break the ice, bring about, bring to pass, embark on, enter on, enter upon, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion

verb as in come into being; become functional

Strongest matches

appear, come out, commence, emerge, enter, happen, occur, rise, set, take off

Strong matches

arise, bud, dawn, emanate, germinate, originate, sail, spring, sprout

Weak matches

be born, come forth, come into existence, crop up, derive from, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, issue forth, kick off, make tick, proceed from, result from, send off, stem from

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Example Sentences

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Salonen had capped Disney’s opening night gala with a “Rite” so visceral that it felt like a new beginning.

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“It is wrong to begin such a reduction in the face of Russian intransigence”

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These judgmental outsiders are themselves beginning to direct and suddenly the party seems to be revolving around them.

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With the difficulties in getting reports from the ground, aid agencies say the full scale of the devastation in and around el-Fasher is only beginning to emerge.

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The Argentina captain will begin a three-season extension with Inter next year, the financial details of which are not yet known.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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