英语词汇“begin”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

begin

例句

begin verb 1.•we began work:start, commence, set about, go about, embark on, launch into, get down to, take up | initiate, set in motion, institute, inaugurate, get ahead with | informal get cracking on, get going on. ANT cease. 2.•he began by saying hello:open, lead off, get underway, get going, get off the ground, start, start off, go ahead, commence | informal start the ball rolling, kick off, get the show on the road, fire away, take the plunge. ANT finish, conclude. 3.•when did the illness begin? appear, arise, become apparent, make an appearance, spring up, crop up, turn up, come into existence, come into being, originate, start, commence, develop | literary come to pass. ANT disappear.WORD LINKSincipient, embryonic beginning to happen or developinitial existing or occurring at the beginningWord Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.WORD SPECTRUM: begin / end

begininauguratecommenceinitiatelaunchstartset in motionget things movingget under waykick offget goingtake the first stepget the ball rollingput one's hand to the plowget down to businessget off the groundtake the plungeget the show on the roadfire awayget movingget crackingget down to itget to itmake the first moveget off one's backsidebuckle downtake actionmove forwardlead up tobuild up to

reach the turning point

shift gearsdownshiftdecelerateslow downhold updelayinterruptput on iceput on the back burnerput on holdsuspenddiscontinuecut shortnip in the budstopceasehaltbring to a standstillbring to a closedraw to a closeshut downmake inoperativedeactivatecancelannuldissolveterminateconcludeculminateend

Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.

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