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make a beginning

VERB

start

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appear begin commence create establish found inaugurate initiate introduce issue launch leave open set up

STRONG

activate arise arouse depart embark engender incite instigate institute light originate pioneer rise rouse spring

WEAK

come into being enter upon get going get under way go ahead hit the road lay foundation sally forth see light set in motion set out take first step take the plunge turn on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease close conclude destroy end finish hold back keep ruin stop

STRONG

halt prevent stay

WEAK

complete die

Example Sentences

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Botha, 65, has tried to make a beginning by limiting discriminatory practices like segregation at public facilities, lifting bans against mixed sports and recognizing some black trade unions.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at Le Circuit, you make a beginning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Few expect the spiritual influence of Pendle Hill to be immediate or sensational; they are content to make a beginning.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were hardly willing to wait till my physicians and myself deemed it safe to make a beginning.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

Init′iāte, to make a beginning: to instruct in principles: to acquaint with: to introduce into a new state or society.—v.i. to perform the first act or rite.—n. one who is initiated.—adj. fresh: unpractised.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

make a beginning

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