begin
verb
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to take the first step or steps in carrying out an action“They have begun their residency in orthopedics.”start
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to set in motion, cause to start“Let us begin before it gets too late.”commencelead offstart
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to achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative“This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation.”
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to start an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object“Do we have enough time to begin a cigar?”start
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to have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense“The race begins right over the hill.”start
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to have a beginning characterized in some specified way“The novel begins with a murder.”start
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to be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series“The number 'one' begins the sequence.”