Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
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Noun
S: (n) Begin (begin%1:18:00::), Menachem Begin (menachem_begin%1:18:00::) (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))
S: (v) begin (begin%2:42:00::), start (start%2:42:00::) (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"
S: (v) begin (begin%2:32:03::) (begin to speak or say) "`Now listen, friends', he began"
S: (v) begin (begin%2:42:02::) (be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series) "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
S: (v) begin (begin%2:42:04::) (have a beginning, of a temporal event) "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
S: (v) begin (begin%2:42:03::), start (start%2:42:03::) (have a beginning characterized in some specified way) "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
S: (v) begin (begin%2:41:04::), start (start%2:41:04::) (begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object) "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
S: (v) begin (begin%2:41:00::) (achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative) "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
S: (v) begin (begin%2:32:04::) (begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language) "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"