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synonyms for begin
- commence
- create
- do
- establish
- found
- go ahead
- go into
- inaugurate
- initiate
- introduce
- launch
- lead
- make
- open
- prepare
- produce
- set up
- start
- undertake
- activate
- actualize
- cause
- drive
- effect
- eventuate
- generate
- impel
- induce
- instigate
- institute
- motivate
- mount
- occasion
- originate
- trigger
- 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
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How to use begin in a sentence
That began to change in 1997, when the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations recognized the American Mountain Guides Association’s accreditation.
Then she and a small team wheel it out to their spot in the parking lot, and a long line of cars begins to wind its way toward her — their occupants’ windows rolled down and sleeves rolled up.
The joy of vax: The people giving the shots are seeing hope, and it’s contagious | Maura Judkis | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostWhile still a teenager, he began running a regular dice game on the sidewalk at West Roosevelt Road and South Kedzie Avenue, in the heart of Lawndale.
Reporting for the series on the coronavirus and racial disparities began early in the pandemic.
ProPublica’s COVID-19 Stories Win Polk Award for Health Reporting | by ProPublica | February 24, 2021 | ProPublicaThe bear, now less than 100 feet away, glanced over at us and began to saunter left, his cadence nauseatingly cool.
Christie has problems, and they begin with the fact that photos and videos and memes can haunt us.
He could order the Justice Department to begin the necessary regulatory work.
That kind of compassion might go a long way toward helping us begin to respond to a hurting world.
My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.
We can also begin to plan our wardrobes to match our new and improved selves.
They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsIf we are to have a real education along lines of expression we must begin with the "content," or cause, of expression.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickMen cannot see the world clearly and they cannot, therefore, begin to think about it rightly.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsMuch later, in the case of all but gifted children, do the mysteries of harmony begin to take on definite form and meaning.
Children's Ways | James Sully"But it was n't a lie," Punch would begin, charging into a laboured explanation that landed him more hopelessly in the mire.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kipling
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