Meaning (1):
- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
Example in sentence:- A terrible murder begins the novel;
- The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester;
- The number `one' begins the sequence
Meaning (2):
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
Example in sentence:- begin a cigar;
- She started the soup while it was still hot;
- We started physics in 10th grade
Meaning (3):
- set in motion, cause to start
Example in sentence:- begin a new chapter in your life;
- The Iraqis began hostilities;
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
Meaning (4):
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Example in sentence:- Get working as soon as the sun rises!;
- He began early in the day;
- Let's get down to work now;
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia;
- We began working at dawn;
- Who will start?
Meaning (5):
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
Example in sentence:- Her day begins with a workout;
- My property begins with the three maple trees;
- The novel begins with a murder;
- The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
Meaning (6):
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
Example in sentence:- Prices for these homes start at $250,000;
- The DMZ begins right over the hill;
- The second movement begins after the Allegro
Meaning (7):
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
Example in sentence:- She began Russian at an early age;
- We started French in fourth grade
Meaning (8):
- have a beginning, of a temporal event
Example in sentence:- The company's Asia tour begins next month;
- WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland
Meaning (9):
- achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
Example in sentence:- This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation;
- You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war
Meaning (10):
- begin to speak or say
Example in sentence:- `Now listen, friends', he began