begin

Definition for begin

verb as in start

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commence, create, do, establish, found, go ahead, go into, inaugurate, initiate, introduce, launch, lead, make, open, prepare, produce, set up, start, undertake

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activate, actualize, cause, drive, effect, eventuate, generate, impel, induce, instigate, institute, motivate, mount, occasion, originate, trigger

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break ground, break the ice, bring about, bring to pass, embark on, enter on, enter upon, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion

verb as in come into being; become functional

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appear, come out, commence, emerge, enter, happen, occur, rise, set, take off

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arise, bud, dawn, emanate, germinate, originate, sail, spring, sprout

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be born, come forth, come into existence, crop up, derive from, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, issue forth, kick off, make tick, proceed from, result from, send off, stem from

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Walters scored a major coup in 1977 when she was the first TV journalist to speak jointly with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin during Sadat’s historic visit to Jerusalem.

From Los Angeles Times

We started with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, to see what we could find in the cutting room floor footage.

From Salon

A gifted student, Kilmer co-wrote and made his stage debut in How It All Began, a play based on the life of a German radical, at the Public Theatre.

From BBC

Begun in 2022, work was due to end this summer but that completion date has now been delayed until spring 2026 as a result of "periods of extreme weather".

From BBC

Begin warming the stock of your choice in the smaller pan.

From Salon

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