begin
To start, to initiate or take the first step into somethingTo start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
» Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
Der Unterricht fängt erst um halb neun an.
Занятие не начнётся до половины девятого.
Занятие не начнётся до восьми тридцати.
Заняття не пончеться до половини на восьму.
Урок не пончеться до половини на восьму.
Meaning
2 senses(ergative)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.
anfangen, beginnen, starten
начина́тьnačinátʹ, нача́тьnačátʹ, начина́тьсяnačinátʹsja
почина́тиpočynáty, поча́тиpočáty, почина́тисяpočynátysja
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
(intransitive)To come into existence.
Examples
4149 sentencesClass doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
Заняття не пончеться до половини на восьму.
ruЗанятие не начнётся до половины девятого.
deDer Unterricht fängt erst um halb neun an.
When did it begin to rain?
Коли почався дощ?
ruКогда начался дождь?
deWann hat es angefangen zu regnen?
When did you begin playing golf?
Коли ви почали грати в гольф?
ruКогда Вы начали играть в гольф?
deWann hast du angefangen, Golf zu spielen?
Our school begins at eight-thirty.
Заняття у школі починаються о восьмій тридцять.
ruНаши занятия начинаются в восемь тридцать.
deUnsere Schule fängt um halb neun an.
School begins at half past eight.
Заняття почитаються о пів на дев'яту.
ruЗанятия в школе начинаются в восемь тридцать.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-West GermFrom 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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Forms
begins, beginning, began, begunSynonyms
16 synonyms- set in motion, cause to start:lead offstartcommence
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object:start
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense:start
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way:start
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action:get downgetstart outstartset aboutset outcommence
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- began to rain
- began to cry
- and began to
- began doing doing
- began to feel
- has already begun
- began to play
- began to study
- the concert begin
- where to begin
- about to begin
- school begins at