began



began - verb

  • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  • have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
  • set in motion, cause to start
  • begin to speak or say
  • be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
  • have a beginning, of a temporal event
  • have a beginning characterized in some specified way
  • begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
  • achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
  • begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

began - thesaurus

commence   get   start  

Scrabble score for began

b is 3 e is 1 g is 2 a is 1 n is 1
Scrabble score = 8

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