117 Synonyms & Antonyms For BEGIN

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Definitions begin [bih-gin] / bɪˈgɪn / VERB start Synonyms STRONGEST commence create do establish found go ahead go into inaugurate initiate introduce launch lead make open prepare produce set up start undertake STRONG activate actualize cause drive effect eventuate generate impel induce instigate institute motivate mount occasion originate trigger WEAK break ground break the ice bring about bring to pass embark on enter on enter upon get going give birth to give impulse lay foundation for make active plunge into set about set in motion Antonyms STRONGEST cease close conclude destroy end fail finish halt ignore lose neglect ruin stop STRONG check discourage dissuade prevent repress WEAK complete consummate die VERB come into being; become functional Synonyms STRONGEST appear come out commence emerge enter happen occur rise set take off STRONG arise bud dawn emanate germinate originate sail spring sprout WEAK be born come forth come into existence crop up derive from get going get show on road get under way grow out of issue forth kick off make tick proceed from result from send off stem from Antonyms STRONGEST complete disappear end finish hide leave stop STRONG die shrink WEAK conclude consummate

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Although historians still debate how the celebration began, the festival reflects the goat's deep ties to Ireland's landscape and community identity.

From Science Daily

Before she could use the spyhole in the door to find out who was there, the woman said the door began to shake.

From BBC

After she was invited for an interview there, she began having doubts.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We were not able to get supplies in. We had to remove our staff for their own safety," she said, after stepping off the first UN flight to Khartoum since the war began on Thursday.

From Barron's

Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said after discussions began that the two sides expressed "unprecedented openness to new and creative ideas and solutions".

From Barron's

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act arisen arises arise assume assumes break out bring breaking out broach bringing broke out brings build brought came on cause come on coming on commence dawned dawn effect enter enter upon enter on fall to falls to fell to found go ahead go about go into goes about going about going ahead goes into hail initiate initiates instate pioneer pioneers pitching in pitch in pitches in preface premise premised provokes provoke rise risen set set up sets up sprang spring sprung start strike out struck out tackle take on takes on took on turn on turned on turning on turns on undertakes undertake undertook went into went about went ahead

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