begin

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)

We began working at dawn

Who will start?

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

We began working at dawn

Who will start?

set in motion, cause to start

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

The Iraqis began hostilities

begin to speak or say

Now listen, friends," he began

begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

She began Russian at an early age

We started French in fourth grade

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

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

have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

The DMZ begins right over the hill

The second movement begins after the Allegro

have a beginning characterized in some specified way

The novel begins with a murder

My property begins with the three maple trees

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

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