Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
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Begin
//bɪˈɡɪn//
Synonyms for "begin" (93 found)
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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11 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
10 entriesdistinct from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
similar
8 entriesTranslations
273 translations across 121 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- begin verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Albanian
3 entries- filloj ze verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- nis verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- nis nëfillim verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Amharic
1 entries- ጀመረ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄρχομαι verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Arabic
4 entries- اِبْتَدَأَ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- بدأ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- بدا verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- بدا verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Aragonese
1 entries- encetar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Armenian
2 entries- սկսել verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- սկսվել verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Aromanian
4 entries- ahurhescu verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- apãrnjescu verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ntsep verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ãnchisescu verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Asturian
4 entries- aniciar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- comenzar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- empezar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- entamar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Azerbaijani
1 entries- başlamaq verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Bangi
1 entries- banda verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Bashkir
4 entries- башланыу verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- башлау verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- башталыу verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- баштау verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Basque
1 entries- hasi verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Belarusian
4 entries- пача́цца verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- пача́ць verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- пачына́цца verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- пачына́ць verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Bengali
3 entries- আরম্ভ করা verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- শুরু করা verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- শুরু হওয়া verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Breton
1 entries- kregiñ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Bulgarian
3 entries- запо́чвам verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- по́чвам verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- по́чна verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Burmese
1 entries- စ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Catalan
3 entries- començar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- començar verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- iniciar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Cebuano
1 entries- sugod verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎠᎴᏅᏗ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ᎠᏓᎴᏂᎭ verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 開始 /开始 verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 開始 /开始 verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Czech
2 entries- začínat verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- začít verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Dalmatian
1 entries- nizuor verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Danish
1 entries- begynde verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Dutch
2 entries- aanvangen verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- beginnen verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Eastern Mari
1 entries- тӱҥалаш verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Esperanto
3 entries- eki verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- komenci verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- komenciĝi verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Estonian
2 entries- alustama verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- hakkama verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Faroese
1 entries- byrja verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Finnish
2 entries- alkaa verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- aloittaa verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
French
3 entries- commencer verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- démarrer verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- se mettre verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Friulian
1 entries- començâ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Galician
4 entries- comenzar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- comezar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- empezar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- iniciar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Georgian
2 entries- დაიწყება verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- იწყება verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
German
4 entries- anfangen verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- anheben verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- beginnen verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- starten verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- 𐌳𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Greek
1 entries- αρχίζω verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Hausa
1 entries- fāra verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְחִיל verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Hiligaynon
1 entries- sugod verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Hindi
2 entries- शुरू करना verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- शुरू होना verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Hungarian
4 entries- elkezd verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- elkezdődik verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- kezd verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- kezdődik verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Icelandic
2 entries- byrja verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- hefjast verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Ido
1 entries- komencar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Indonesian
1 entries- mulai verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Ingrian
4 entries- alkaa verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- aluttaa verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- käyvvä verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- lähtiä verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Interlingua
2 entries- comenciar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- iniciar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Irish
1 entries- tosaigh verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Italian
4 entries- cominciare verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- cominciare verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- iniziare verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- iniziare verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Japanese
3 entries- 始まる verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- 始める verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- 開始する verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Kazakh
1 entries- бастау verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Khmer
3 entries- ចាប់ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ចាប់ផ្ដើម verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ផ្ដើម verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Kituba
1 entries- banda verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Kongo
1 entries- banda verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Korean
2 entries- 개시하다 verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- 시작하다 verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Kyrgyz
1 entries- баштоо verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Lao
2 entries- ຕັ້ງຕົ້ນ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ເລີ່ມ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Latin
4 entries- committō verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- incipiō verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ineō verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- initiō verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Latvian
1 entries- sākt verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Lingala
2 entries- banda verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- kobanda verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Lithuanian
1 entries- pradėti verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Lushootseed
1 entries- ʔil verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Luxembourgish
1 entries- ufänken verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Macedonian
4 entries- започне verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- започнува verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- почне verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- почнува verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Malay
1 entries- mula verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Malayalam
3 entries- ആരംഭിക്കുക verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- തുടങ്ങുക verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- തുടങ്ങുക verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Maltese
1 entries- beda verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Manchu
2 entries- ᡩᡝᡵᡳᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ᡶᡠᡴᠵᡳᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Marathi
2 entries- सुरू करणे verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- सुरू होणे verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Mongolian
1 entries- эхлэх verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Māori
4 entries- hoto verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- huataki verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- hāpai verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- hīmata verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Neapolitan
1 entries- cumenzà verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Norman
2 entries- c'menchi verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- c'menchier verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
North Frisian
1 entries- öönfange verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- dest pê kirin verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- begynne verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- børje verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- innlede verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- begynna verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- byrja verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- innleia verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Occitan
2 entries- començar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- entamenar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Ojibwe
1 entries- maajii verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Old French
1 entries- comencier verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Old Saxon
2 entries- andginnan verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- biginnan verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Oromo
2 entries- eegaluu verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- jalqabuu verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Pashto
2 entries- شروع کول verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- پيل کول verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Persian
2 entries- آغاز کردن verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- شروع کردن verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Polish
4 entries- zaczynać verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- zaczynać się verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- zacząć verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- zacząć się verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Portuguese
2 entries- começar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- iniciar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Quechua
2 entries- qallariy verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- qallay verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Romanian
1 entries- a începe verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Romansch
4 entries- antschever verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- cumanzer verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- cumenzar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- entschaiver verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Russian
4 entries- нача́ть verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- нача́ться verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- начина́ть verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- начина́ться verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Santali
1 entries- ᱮᱦᱳᱵ verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pòčinjati verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- pòčēti verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- по̀че̄ти verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- по̀чињати verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Sicilian
4 entries- accuminciari verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- accuminzari verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- cuminciari verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- cuminzari verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Sinhalese
1 entries- ආරම්භ කරනවා verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Slovak
4 entries- začať verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- začať verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- začínať verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- začínať verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Slovene
2 entries- začenjati verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- začeti verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Southern Altai
1 entries- баштаар verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Spanish
4 entries- alborear verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- decentar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- empezar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- empezar verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- bigin verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Swahili
1 entries- kuanza verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Swedish
4 entries- begynna verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- börja verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- inleda verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- påbörja verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Tagalog
4 entries- mag-umpisa verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- magsimula verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- magumpisa verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- simulan verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Tajik
4 entries- оғоз кардан verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- сар кардан verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- шуру кардан verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- шуруъ кардан verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Tamil
4 entries- ஆரம்பி verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- ஆரம்பி verb (to start, begin (intransitive))
- கிளம்பு verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- தொடங்கு verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Tatar
1 entries- башларга verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Thai
2 entries- เริ่ม verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- เริ่มต้น verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Tonga (Zambia)
1 entries- talika verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Tongan
1 entries- kamata verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Turkish
1 entries- başlamak verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Turkmen
1 entries- başlamak verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Ukrainian
4 entries- поча́ти verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- поча́тися verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- почина́ти verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- почина́тися verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Urdu
1 entries- شُرُوع کَرْنا verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Uyghur
1 entries- باشلىماق verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Uzbek
2 entries- boshlamoq verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- boshlanmoq verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Venetan
4 entries- scomensar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- scomençar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- scomençiar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- scominsiar verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Vietnamese
1 entries- bắt đầu verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Volapük
2 entries- beginön verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- primön verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Welsh
1 entries- dechrau verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Yiddish
2 entries- אָנהייבן verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
- באַגינען verb (to start, to initiate (transitive))
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
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You may as well begin at once.
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When did you begin studying English?
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