Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

VERB 3

1. 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”
   Synonymsget downbegingetstart outstartset aboutset out

2. 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”
   Synonymsbeginlead offstart

3. get off the ground

   • “Who started this company?”
   • “We embarked on an exciting enterprise”
   • “I start my day with a good breakfast”
   • “We began the new semester”
   • “The afternoon session begins at 4 PM”
   • “The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack”
   Synonymsstartstart upembark on