Exact Match:
- 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)
- 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"
- begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
Synonyms:
- arise,
- attack,
- blast away,
- blast off,
- broach,
- commence,
- create,
- dig in,
- dive in,
- embark,
- enter,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- establish,
- fall to,
- found,
- get off,
- get to,
- go ahead,
- go into,
- head into,
- inaugurate,
- initiate,
- institute,
- introduce,
- jump off,
- kick off,
- launch,
- lead off,
- open,
- originate,
- pitch in,
- plunge into,
- prepare,
- send off,
- set about,
- set in,
- set out,
- set sail,
- set to,
- set up,
- spring,
- start,
- start in,
- start off,
- start out,
- tackle,
- take off,
- take up,
- turn to,
- usher in