begin
/bɪˈɡɪn/
verb
To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
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Verb 2 meanings
To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
“I began playing the piano at the age of five.”
To come into existence.
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Etymology
From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), from be- + base verb *ginnaną also found in Old English onginnan.
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BEGIN at a glance
BEGIN has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + G 2 + I 1 + N 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,476 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with begin
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- BEGAN8
- BEGUN8
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