begin

About 63.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

   I began playing the piano at the age of five.

2. verb To come into existence.
3. noun Beginning; start.

Similar words

commence start set about get set out start up start out lead off embark on starting

Often followed by

to with the by a at in their and

Word family

Begin Menachem Begin began beginning begins begun