began's Usage Examples:

When the crowd collected round him he seemed confused, but at the demand of the tall lad who had pushed his way up to him, he began in a rather tremulous voice to read the sheet from the beginning.

This extreme reaction displeased Theramenes, who in return began to agitate for the calling of the 5000 into real existence.

When MTV began playing their videos, they became instant teen heart throbs, and they began selling out arenas all over the country, playing for a gaggle of screaming young girls every night.

this excellent man, whose name and memory will ever be treasured so long as the Welsh tongue survives, began a system of catechizing in the vernacular amongst the children and adults of his own parish.

In April 1860 he began to be affected by occasional difficulty in breathing and by palpitation of the heart.

A change, however, came about towards the end of the century, when the Scandinavian freebooters known as Danes began to harry the coasts.

In the Vth Dynasty the custom began of giving the king at his accession a special name connecting him with the sun: this was placed in the cartouche after (4), and a fifth title was added: (5)Si Si-re, "son of the Sun-god," to precede a cartouche containing the personal name.

When they had crossed the field to the spot where Dean's tent was pitched, he began to dismantle it.

greengrocer shops in the city usually began his day at 4am.

Marryat brought ripe experience and unimpaired vivacity to his work when he began to write novels.

Mantelet and Moulinex underwent some major difficulties in the 1980s that began with the introduction of La Machine in the mid 70s.

clanged noisily off the console, which began to emit an urgent beeping.

Her power is irresistible, even greater than that of the gods; to her was due the strife (battles with Titans, Giants) that raged amongst them of old, before the rule of love began; the world revolves round the spindle, which she holds in her lap.

Synonyms:

plunge, get cracking, get weaving, commence, get moving, strike out, set about, get to, attack, get, get down, jump off, come on, auspicate, launch, start, break in, start out, set out, get started, fall, get going, recommence, embark, bestir oneself, enter, get rolling,

Antonyms:

file out, pop out, punch out, clock out, end,