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Etymology
OE. beginnan, from a Germanic root apparently meaning �open up�; for the sense development, consider English �open fire�, �to open proceedings�, �opening ceremony� etc.

Pronunciation
IPA|/bɪ�gɪn/
audio|en-us-begin.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|begins|beginning|began|begun

1. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

Related terms
beginning noun

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|�بدأ
Chinese: �� (k�i-sh�)
Czech: za�ít
Danish: begynde
Dutch: beginnen, aanvangen
Esperanto: komenci
Finnish: alkaa, aloittaa
French: commencer
German: anfangen, beginnen, starten
Greek: ά��ομαι [�arxo��me�], α��ίζ� [ar�çizo�], α��ιν� [�arçi�no�], α��ινίζ� [�arçi�nizo�]
Hebrew: ��ת��� (le'hatkhyl)
Ido: komencar
Italian: cominciare, iniziare
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Indonesian: mulai
Interlingua: comenciar, iniciar
Japanese: ���� (hajimeru), ���� (�����, kaishisuru)
Latin: incipere, initiare
Latvian: s�kt
Maltese: ibda
Norwegian: begynn
Old English: onginnan|onġinnan, beginnan (rare)
Polish: zaczyna�
Portuguese: começar
Russian: на�а�� (na�ať)
Slovene: za�eti
Spanish: comenzar, iniciar, empezar
Swedish: börja, begynna, inleda
Turkish: ba�lamak
Ukrainian: по�ина�и (po�inati)
Volapük: beginön

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:English irregular verbs

Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|g=n|-|beginnetje

1. start, beginning

Synonyms
aanvang
start#Dutch|start

Verb
begin

1. First-person singular present of beginnen: start, begin.
2. Imperative of beginnen: start, begin.

Volapük

Noun
begin

1. beginning

Category:Behaviour

ast:begin
zh-min-nan:begin
el:begin
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fa:begin
fr:begin
gl:begin
ko:begin
hy:begin
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id:begin
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kk:begin
ku:begin
hu:begin
nl:begin
ja:begin
pl:begin
pt:begin
ru:begin
simple:begin
fi:begin
sv:begin
ta:begin
te:begin
vi:begin
tr:begin
uk:begin
zh:begin

• 2007-11-24 00:40 - AutoFormat - category English irregular verbs moved to English section, trans link [[Ido]], trans link [[Interlingua]], trans link [[Volapük]]

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