begin

Definition for begin

verb as in start

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

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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

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

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

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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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Díaz Ayuso said the ceremony was commemorating "not only the birth of a city, but also the beginning of a historic encounter that forever transformed the world", the Spanish daily El Pais reported.

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Some of the world's biggest companies started from humble beginnings, but Games Workshop's early days were less glamourous than most.

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Tuesday really is the beginning of the end.

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He said the most frightening day had been when a team of medics were performing an emergency caesarean as the shelling began - a near-death experience for them all.

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Under terms of the agreement, Israel will also begin pulling back its forces from Gaza.

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