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Begin, commence, start, initiate, inaugurate, usher in mean to take the first step in a course, process, or operation. Begin, start, and commence are often interchangeable. See examples of begin used in a sentence.

We can use the verbs begin and start to mean the same thing but begin is more formal than start. Begin is an irregular verb. Used with noun phrases if you start or begin something, you do it from a particular time.

To begin to do something means to start doing it. Begin, commence, initiate, start (when followed by noun or gerund) refer to setting into motion or progress something that continues for some time. Begin is the common term:

3 days agobegin (third-person singular simple present begins, present participle beginning, simple past began, past participle begun) (ergative) to start, to initiate or take the first step into something. Discover expressions like "begin anew", "begin to dawn. Ye nymphs of solyma, begin the song.