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#1 begin v. [get down, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now". wn
#2 begin v. [start] have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000". wn
#3 begin v. [lead off, start, commence] set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life". wn
#4 begin v. begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began. wn
#5 begin n. [Begin, Menachem Begin] 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). wn
#2 begin v. [start] have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000". wn
#3 begin v. [lead off, start, commence] set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life". wn
#4 begin v. begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began. wn
#5 begin n. [Begin, Menachem Begin] 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). wn
