Main entry: Begin, Menachem Begin
Definition: 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)
Main entry: commence, start, start out, set about, set out, get, get down, begin
Definition: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Usage: We began working at dawn; Who will start?; Get working as soon as the sun rises!; The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia; He began early in the day; Let's get down to work now
Main entry: commence, start, lead off, begin
Definition: set in motion, cause to start
Usage: The U.S. started a war in the Middle East; The Iraqis began hostilities; begin a new chapter in your life
Main entry: begin
Definition: begin to speak or say
Usage: Now listen, friends, he began
Main entry: begin
Definition: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
Usage: She began Russian at an early age; We started French in fourth grade
Main entry: begin
Definition: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
Usage: 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
Definition: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
Usage: begin a cigar; She started the soup while it was still hot; We started physics in 10th grade
Definition: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
Usage: The DMZ begins right over the hill; The second movement begins after the Allegro; Prices for these homes start at $250,000
Definition: have a beginning characterized in some specified way
Usage: The novel begins with a murder; My property begins with the three maple trees; Her day begins with a workout; The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
Main entry: begin
Definition: have a beginning, of a temporal event
Usage: WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland; The company's Asia tour begins next month
Main entry: begin
Definition: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
Usage: The number `one' begins the sequence; A terrible murder begins the novel; The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester