began


Meanings

  • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
    • "We began working at dawn"
    • "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
    • "He began early in the day"
  • have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense;
  • set in motion, cause to start;
    • "The Iraqis began hostilities"
  • begin to speak or say; he began
  • be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series;
  • have a beginning, of a temporal event;
    • "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"
  • have a beginning characterized in some specified way;
  • begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object;
  • achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative;
  • begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language;
    • "She began Russian at an early age"
  • BEGAN past tense of begin


Scrabble Score: 8

began is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

began is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

began is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

began is a valid Words With Friends word