Began Synonyms and Antonyms

bēgan, bigan
To go about the initial step in doing (something)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. commenced
  2. started
  3. opened
  4. instituted
  5. pioneered
  6. entered
  7. originated
  8. introduced
  9. generated
  10. motivated
  11. launched
  12. inaugurated
  13. triggered
  14. approached
  15. founded
  16. initiated
  17. effected
  18. sprung
  19. drove
  20. set
  21. bred
  22. necessitated
  23. rose
  24. established
  25. actualized
  26. led
  27. activated
  28. animated
  29. tackled
  30. created
  31. worked
  32. raised
  33. germinated
  34. undertook
  35. embarked
  36. sparked
  37. engendered
  38. induced
  39. mounted
  40. emanated
  41. produced
  42. dawned
  43. impelled
  44. occasioned
  45. caused
  46. broached
  47. attacked
  48. arose
Antonyms:
  1. ended
  2. terminated
  3. finished
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Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. started

Began Sentence Examples

  • In a voice quaking with fear, she began to sing.

  • He loved poetry and soon began to write poems of his own.

  • Cynthia began slicing the potatoes in the pot.

  • Then everybody began to feel frightened.

  • The day Jonathan went to camp, she began working on her plan.

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