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kəˈmɛns take the first step or steps in carrying out an action 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 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 begin to speak or say ‘Now listen, friends’, he began begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language She began Russian at an early age we began French in fourth grade 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 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 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 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 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 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