begin

Definitions of begin in various dictionaries:

noun - Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

verb - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

verb - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

verb - set in motion, cause to start

verb - begin to speak or say

verb - be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series

verb - have a beginning, of a temporal event

verb - have a beginning characterized in some specified way

verb - begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

verb - achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

verb - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

To take the first step in performing an action; start.

To come into being: when life began.

To do or accomplish in the least degree: Those measures do not even begin to address the problem.

To take the first step in doing; start: began work.

To cause to come into being; originate.

These verb s are compared as they denote coming or putting into operation, being, or motion or setting about taking the first step, as in a procedure.

verb - to set out