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Begin - 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) |
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begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" |
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start,
commence |
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end,
terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
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begin,
start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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jump-start,
jumpstart start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
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recommence begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"
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inaugurate,
introduce,
usher in be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"
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set off set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"
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commence,
embark on,
start,
start up play in the starting lineup
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begin set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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begin - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" |
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start |
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cease,
end,
finish,
stop,
terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
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break out,
erupt begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"
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bud start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship"
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break out begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"
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begin,
start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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begin set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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kick in,
set in open violently; "kick in the doors"
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dawn become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
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originate bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
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begin - have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "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" |
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start |
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begin,
start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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begin set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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begin - begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" |
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act,
move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
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begin - have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month" |
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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begin - be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester" |
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begin - begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began |
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mouth,
speak,
talk,
utter,
verbalise,
verbalize articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"
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begin - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade" |
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begin,
commence,
get,
get down,
set about,
set out,
start,
start out set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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begin - achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "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" |
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accomplish,
achieve,
attain,
reach to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
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