begin

begin is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
2. intransitive verb. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start.
3. transitive verb. To enter on; to commence.
4. transitive verb. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
5. noun. Beginning.
6. noun. 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)
7. verb. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

   "We began working at dawn"

   "Who will start?"

   Synonyms: commence, get, start

8. verb. set in motion, cause to start

   "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"

   "The Iraqis began hostilities"

   Synonyms: commence, start

9. verb. begin to speak or say he began

   "Now listen, friends,"

10. verb. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

    "She began Russian at an early age"

    "We started French in fourth grade"

11. verb. achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

    "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"

    "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"

12. verb. begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

    "begin a cigar"

    "She started the soup while it was still hot"

    Synonyms: start

13. verb. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

    "The DMZ begins right over the hill"

    "The second movement begins after the Allegro"

    Synonyms: start

14. verb. have a beginning characterized in some specified way

    "The novel begins with a murder"

    "My property begins with the three maple trees"

    Synonyms: start

15. verb. have a beginning, of a temporal event

    "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"

    "The company's Asia tour begins next month"

16. verb. be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series

    "The number `one' begins the sequence"

    "A terrible murder begins the novel"

Synonyms

commence, get, start

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in begin:

being, binge

Common word forms

begins, beginner, beginning

Words from these letters

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