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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "begin"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do or experience the first part of something
Intransitive
Transitive: to begin a process or activity | to begin doing sth
to begin definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
John had just begun a decade-long probation for his involvement in the robbery.
āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.1

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start uttering words
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
' Hello, ' she began, ' I wanted to talk to you about the project.'
'āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋,' āϏ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, 'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤'
1.2

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start to work on something
Intransitive: to begin on a task or activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They began on the construction of the new house.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.3

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to come into existence or have a specific place or time as the starting point
Intransitive: to begin somewhere | to begin point in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river begins in the mountains.
āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.4

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ

to cost a specific amount at least
Intransitive: to begin at a price
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ticket prices for the concert begin at $ 30.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ 30 āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.5

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have something as the first element or part
Intransitive: to begin with sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The alphabet begins with the letter "A. "
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž "A" āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
1.6

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start as something, before turning into something different
Intransitive: to begin as sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rain began as a light drizzle and soon turned into a heavy downpour.
āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do something to a very small extent or to a very limited degree
Transitive: to begin to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n't even begin to tell you how much I love you
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
01

āχāϏāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• (āϰāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀) āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ (āχāϏāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇) āφāύ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϤ (āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāϰ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ) āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ (1913-1992), āϰ⧁āĻļ āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āĻĻā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āχāϏāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞāĻŋ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ (āχāϏāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇) āφāύ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϤ (āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāϰ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ) āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ (1913-1992)

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)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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