1. (verb) Begin, Menachem 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)
Antonyms: finish, end, terminate, cease, stop
2. (verb) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Synonyms: bug out, take, pop, make, mystify, experience, develop, put down, draw, array, have, become, sustain, protrude, jump, initiate, receive, scram, take off, bulge, go, stimulate, sire, lead off, bulge out, drive, engender, startle, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, beat, swallow, set about, get down, father, go about, fuck off, incur, contract, dispirit, bring forth, grow, get going, come out, dumbfound, stupefy, start, depress, light, cast down, originate, take up, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, range, buzz off, catch, write down, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, deject, generate, capture, find, amaze, get off, baffle, produce, approach, pop out, attempt, start out, pose, vex, embark on, aim, let, set forth, perplex, arrest, gravel, begin, let down, fetch, depart, set down, commence, part, dismount, arrive, set out, convey, set off, acquire, come, lower, bring down, dismay, pay off, undertake, unhorse, demoralise, cause, lay out, start up, demoralize, take down, nonplus Antonyms: terminate, end, cease, finish, stop
3. (verb) begin, start
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
Synonyms: go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump Antonyms: terminate, stop, end, cease, finish
4. (verb) begin, lead off, start, commence
set in motion, cause to start
Synonyms: go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, protrude, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, lead astray, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump Antonyms: stop, end, terminate, cease, finish
5. (verb) begin
begin to speak or say
Synonyms: get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead off Antonyms: end, cease, terminate, stop, finish
6. (verb) begin
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
Synonyms: get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead off Antonyms: cease, end, finish, terminate, stop
7. (verb) begin
have a beginning, of a temporal event
Synonyms: get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead off Antonyms: terminate, end, stop, cease, finish
8. (verb) begin, start
have a beginning characterized in some specified way
Synonyms: go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump Antonyms: finish, stop, end, terminate, cease
9. (verb) begin, start
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
Synonyms: go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, commence, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump Antonyms: terminate, end, cease, finish, stop
10. (verb) begin
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
Synonyms: get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead off Antonyms: end, cease, terminate, finish, stop
11. (verb) begin
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
Synonyms: get, start out, set out, set about, get down, commence, start, lead off Antonyms: finish, stop, terminate, cease, end
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