Beginning vs. Begin — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Beginning and Begin
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Beginning
The point in time or space at which something begins
They had reached the beginning of the wood
He left at the beginning of February
Begin
Perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity)
It was beginning to snow
She began by rewriting the syllabus
Peter had just begun a life sentence for murder
Beginning
The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start
The beginning of the universe.
Begin
Not have any chance or likelihood of doing a specified thing
I can't begin to tell you how much I hate that commercial
Beginning
The time when something begins or is begun
The beginning of June.
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Begin
To perform or undergo the first part of an action; start
I began to email you but got interrupted. The rain began around noon.
Beginning
The place where something begins or is begun
At the beginning of the road.
Begin
To come into being
When life began.
Beginning
The first part
The front matter is at the beginning of the book.
Begin
To do or accomplish something in the least degree. Used in the negative with an infinitive
Those measures do not even begin to address the problem.
Beginning
Often beginnings An early stage or phase
The beginnings of human life on this planet.
Begin
To say as the first in a series of remarks
"I didn't like the movie," he began.
Beginning
The source or cause
What was the beginning of the dispute?.
Begin
To have as a first element or part
The play begins with a monologue.
Beginning
(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Begin
To have as the lowest price in a range
Those shirts begin at $20.
Beginning
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Begin
To have as a first position, stage, or job
The restaurant began as a ice-cream parlor. The principal began as a math teacher.
Beginning
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
What was the beginning of the dispute?
Begin
To take the first step in doing; start
Began work.
Beginning
The initial portion of some extended thing.
The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story.
That house is at the beginning of the street.
Begin
To cause to come into being; originate
An invention that began a new era.
Beginning
Present participle of begin
He is beginning to read a new book.
Begin
To come first in (a series, for instance)
The numeral 1 begins the sequence.
Beginning
(informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
In the beginning paragraph of the chapter
In the beginning section of the course
Begin
(ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
I began playing the piano at the age of five.
Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation.
Beginning
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Begin
(intransitive) To be in the first stage of some situation
The program begins at 9 o'clock on the dot.
I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun.
Beginning
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
I am . . . the beginning and the ending.
Begin
(intransitive) To come into existence.
Beginning
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
Begin
(nonstandard) Beginning; start.
Beginning
Enterprise.
Begin
To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
Vast chain of being! which from God began.
Beginning
The event consisting of the start of something;
The beginning of the war
Begin
To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start.
When I begin, I will also make an end.
Beginning
The time at which something is supposed to begin;
They got an early start
She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
The middle of the war
Rain during the middle of April
Begin
To enter on; to commence.
Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song.
Beginning
The first part or section of something;
`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end
Begin
To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God.
Beginning
The place where something begins, where it springs into being;
The Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
Communism's Russian root
Begin
Beginning.
Beginning
The act of starting something;
He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
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)
Beginning
Serving to begin;
The beginning canto of the poem
The first verse
Begin
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
Begin
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
Begin
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
Begin to speak or say;
Now listen, friends,
Begin
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 ceremoney officially begins the semester
Begin
Have a beginning, of a temporal event;
WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland
The company's Asia tour begins next month
Begin
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 work-out
The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
Begin
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
Begin
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
Begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language;
She began Russian at an early age
We started French in fourth grade
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