Synonym: commence, start, take off. Antonym: conclude, end, finish. Similar words: begin with, to begin with, at the beginning, at the beginning of, beg, be good at, legit, regime. Meaning: [bɪ'gɪn] n. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992). v. 1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action 2. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense 3. set in motion, cause to start 4. begin to speak or say 5. be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series 6. have a beginning, of a temporal event 7. have a beginning characterized in some specified way 8. begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object 9. achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative 10. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language.
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181. The battalion went directly to the airport to begin digging in.
182. The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
183. Make sure your pencils are sharp before we begin the test.
184. When the aims of the partners begin to diverge, there'strouble.
185. The outcome of that meeting could signal whether there truly exists a political will to begin negotiating.
186. He refused to prophesy when the economy would begin to improve.
187. If the prices continue to go up, people will begin to kick.
188. Now he can begin to earn the sort of mega-bucks he has always dreamed about.
189. Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services.
190. Right, you lot. Could you all stop talking, and then we'll begin.
191. British children start/begin school at the age of four or five.
192. There is to be a six month cooling-off period before divorce proceedings begin.
193. The hotel was awful! To begin with, our room was far too small. Then we found that the shower didn't work.
194. The registration of students for the course will begin on Thursday morning.
194. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
195. They were desperately in love to begin with, but I think it's starting to cool off now.
196. If people keep telling you you're incapable, you begin to lose confidence in yourself.
197. The broken bone should begin to knit in a few days.
198. They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.
199. Please explain where to begin and how to do it.
200. As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead.
201. I'm not going. To begin with I haven't a ticket, and secondly I don't like the play.
202. We begin to reproach ourselves for not having been more careful.
203. By about 6 weeks of age, most babies begin to show something approximating a day/night sleeping pattern.
204. They were at the starting line and all set to begin.
205. I'll begin by thanking you all for being here tonight.
206. We've just moved all the way across country to begin a new life.
207. The management have agreed to begin pay talks as a quid pro quo for suspension of strike action.
208. If relations between Hanoi and Washington begin to normalise, anything is possible.
209. If I may make a suggestion, perhaps we could begin a little earlier next week.
210. Our plan must be well laid out before we begin to work.
More similar words: begin with, to begin with, at the beginning, at the beginning of, beg, be good at, legit, regime, region, dig in, register, regional, drag in, engine, margin, origin, strategic, coming in, bring in, legitimate, legislator, engineer, managing, emerging, legislature, legislative, legislation, originally, debugging, encouraging.