begin

Definition

  • 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. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
  • v. set in motion, cause to start
  • v. begin to speak or say

Word forms

Past tense
began
Present participle
beginning
Past participle
begun
Third person singular
begins

Example sentences

  1. v.

    They will begin the meeting at 10 AM.

  2. v.

    The new project will begin next month.