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Main Entry:
begin [bih-gin]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start
Synonyms: activate, actualize, break ground, break the ice, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, get going, give birth to, give impulse, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lay foundation for, lead, make, make active, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, plunge into, prepare, produce, set about, set in motion, set up, trigger, undertake
Antonyms: complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do something
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Antonyms: abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop
Main Entry: arise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come into being; proceed
Synonyms: appear, begin, come to light, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem
Example Sentences
  • Before discussing these resources in more detail, let's make sure that you begin the negotiating process with the right mindset.
  • Yet stand by the sea and watch the irregularity of its edge, and you begin to doubt.
  • Begin by telling students that they will be working in groups to answer one of four questions.
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Main Entry: assume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take, undertake
Synonyms: accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, attend to, begin, confiscate, don, embark upon, embrace, enter upon, seize, set about, take on, take over, take up
Antonyms: not do
Main Entry: break out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: happen, emerge
Synonyms: appear, arise, begin, burst forth, commence, erupt, explode, occur, set in, spring up, start
Main Entry: bring
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause; influence
Synonyms: begin, compel, contribute to, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, produce, prompt, result in, sway, wreak
Antonyms: avoid, back out, desist, give up, hold back, pass up
Main Entry: broach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: open, pierce
Synonyms: begin, crack, decant, draw off, puncture, start, tap, uncork
Antonyms: close, close up
Main Entry: build
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: initiate, found
Synonyms: base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start
Antonyms: destroy, overthrow, overturn, ruin
Main Entry: cause
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring into being; bring about
Synonyms: be at the bottom of, begin, brainstorm*, break in, break the ice, breed, bring to pass, come out with, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, fire up, generate, get things rolling, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, revert, secure, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up, work up
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