began
Meaning of began
verb, past tense
- perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity).
Peter had just begun a life sentence for murder
it was beginning to snow
she began by rewriting the syllabus
- not have any chance or likelihood of doing a specified thing.
I can't begin to tell you how much I hate that commercial
Old English beginnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German beginnen .
Information about began
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of began
be-gan
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- began is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
began synonyms
Meaning begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space:
Meaning commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); take on:
Meaning make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task):
Meaning cause (a process or action) to begin:
Meaning introduce or establish (a scheme, undertaking, or policy):
Meaning begin or introduce (a system, policy, or period):
Meaning begin:
began antonyms
Meaning come or bring to an end:
Anagrams of began
Words that rhyme with began
Egan, Maegan, misbegan, rebegan, MacEgan, Macegan, Deegan, Keegan, Manchegan, Mohegan, Monhegan, Promethegan, Skowhegan, Souhegan, mohegan, promethegan, Piegan, Kegan, Waukegan, Allegan, Gallegan, Megan, Donegan, Dunnegan, Finegan, Finnegan, wonegan, Regan, Wauregan, wauregan, Tegan, branchiostegan, vegan, Oswegan
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