The meaning of BEGIN is to do the first part of an action : go into the first part of a process : start. How to use begin in a sentence.

Grammar Begin or start? We can use the verbs begin and start to mean the same thing but begin is more formal than start. Begin is an irregular verb. Its past simple form is began and its -ed form is …

If you say that you cannot begin to imagine, understand, or explain something, you are emphasizing that it is almost impossible to explain, understand, or imagine.

start – begin 1. used with noun phrases If you start or begin something, you do it from a particular time. There is no difference in meaning. My father started work when he was fourteen. We'll begin the …

BEGIN definition: to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action; commence; start. See examples of begin used in a sentence.

Definition of begin verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To begin with, we can't leave the children alone. (Definition of begin from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

She has lost a lot of weight, and she wasn't very heavy to begin with. She didn't like her job to begin with, [= at first, initially] but she got used to it eventually.

To begin to do something means to start doing it. He stood up and began to move around the room. The weight loss began to look more serious.

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