BEGIN
What does "BEGIN" mean?
To start to do something or to come into being.
Meanings
- To perform the first part of an action; to set about doing something. We should begin the meeting before more people arrive.
- To come into existence or start to happen. The story begins on a wet morning in October.
- To have a starting point in space or scope. The footpath begins just past the second gate.
Word origin
From Old English 'beginnan', built from the prefix 'be-' plus a Germanic root meaning to open or set about; it has cousins in German 'beginnen' and Dutch 'beginnen'.
Remember it
BEGIN = 'BE' + 'GIN' (as in 'engine starting'); to begin is to BE-in-motion. The vowel ladder ahead: begin, began, begun.
A little poem
Pen above the page-
the hardest white in the world
is the line not yet.
haiku
Wordplay
- What's the difference between 'begin' and 'commence'? About four syllables and a top hat.
What it teaches
Beginning costs almost nothing and feels like everything; that gap is exactly where most plans quietly die.
Quick facts
What does BEGIN mean?
To start to do something or to come into being.
Is BEGIN a valid word?
Yes — BEGIN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BEGIN?
BEGIN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BEGIN come from?
From Old English 'beginnan', built from the prefix 'be-' plus a Germanic root meaning to open or set about; it has cousins in German 'beginnen' and Dutch 'beginnen'.
What can BEGIN teach us?
Beginning costs almost nothing and feels like everything; that gap is exactly where most plans quietly die.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.