Definition: 1. Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. 2. Set in motion, cause to start. 3. Be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series.
Use 'begin' in a sentence:
1. It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
2. She nodded at him to begin speaking.
3. He always begins his lessons with a warm-up exercise.
4. I began (= started reading) this novel last month and I still haven't finished it.
5. The tragedies begin to interlock.
6. Everyone began talking at once.
7. She began by thanking us all for coming.
8. They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive.
9. He began his political career as a student.
10. Most roses will begin to bloom from late May.
11. If you're all sitting comfortably, then I'll begin.
12. Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow.
13. The first word begins with an F.
14. Slowly, an image began to appear on the screen.
15. I began this novel last month and I still haven't finished it.
16. Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services.
17. Rue Guynemer begins at the front of the Fitzgerald site.
18. The celebrations proper always begin on the last stroke of midnight.
19. Work has begun on the construction of the new airport.
20. The first clinical trials were expected to begin next year.
21. Your baby will begin to vocalize long before she can talk.
22. He began his political career as a student (= when he was a student) .
23. Shall I begin?
24. Today they begin the forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people.
25. Can you cue me when you want me to begin speaking?
26. The work on the house will begin in earnest on Monday.
27. She began to cry.
28. Begin when I give the command.
29. Let's begin at page 9.
30. To begin with he was Prince Charming.
31. You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
32. He began to question the ethics of his position.
33. Work will now begin to test the hypothesis in rats.
34. The school began in 1920, with only ten pupils.
35. The band was scheduled to begin rehearsals for a concert tour.
36. Without demonstrable progress, the negotiators will begin to see their influence wane.
37. I began to feel dizzy.
38. The fate line begins close to the wrist.
39. You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story.
40. We'll go slowly to begin with.
41. They begin another round of negotiations today.
42. He took one smell of the liquid and his eyes began to water.
43. They wish to begin immediately after dinner.
44. When does the concert begin?
45. Their trial will shortly begin.
46. When will you begin recruiting?
47. She began to explain her plan of action to the group.
48. I was beginning to think you'd never come.
49. It was beginning to snow.
50. Could you go back to the beginning of the story?
51. Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old.
52. We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.
53. Let's start again from the beginning.
54. At last things were beginning to look up.
55. Businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession.
56. The job was beginning to make unreasonable demands on his free time.
57. The strain was beginning to tell on the rescue team.
58. The government has cut interest rates with effect from the beginning of next month.
59. The pressure of work is beginning to get to him.
60. At last the guests began to arrive.
61. The economy is at last beginning to recover.
62. The project is beginning to show results.
63. We began work on the project in May.
64. Gradually, the children began to understand.
65. Work on the new bridge is due to begin in September.
66. The trial is due to begin next month.
67. A typical working day for me begins at 7.30.
68. He began by making a few general observations about the report.
69. The cracks in the government's economic policy are already beginning to show.
70. The firm has begun a major push into the European market.
71. She's been working there since the beginning of last summer.
72. The sperm fuses with the egg to begin the process of fertilization.
73. The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside.
74. The music and wine began to make him feel sexy.
