begin

1. v. i. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Source: opted

2. v. i. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. Source: opted

3. v. t. To enter on; to commence. Source: opted

4. v. t. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of. Source: opted

5. n. Beginning. Source: opted

6. v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action Source: wordnet

7. v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense Source: wordnet

8. v. set in motion, cause to start Source: wordnet

9. v. begin to speak or say Source: wordnet

10. v. be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series Source: wordnet

11. v. have a beginning, of a temporal event Source: wordnet

12. v. have a beginning characterized in some specified way Source: wordnet

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