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begins

noun US /bɪˈɡɪnz/

plural of “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)

An inflected form of begin · plural.

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,959 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,534 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. 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) also: Menachem Begin

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

begins in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1

  • She pulls on one hastily and begins buttoning it with ostentatious unconcern].

    How He Lied to Her Husband · Bernard Shaw · Chapter 1

  • Blackstone says that the main sea or high sea begins at low water mark.

    The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1

  • Prosperity and health are despised, and joy begins with privations which kill the body.

    The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1

  • In the garden of her father little Elsie sits and spins, And, singing with the early birds, her daily task, begins.

    Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1

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