verb
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action (Freq. 9)
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We began working at dawn
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Who will start?
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Get working as soon as the sun rises!
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The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
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He began early in the day
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Let's get down to work now
• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑commencement (for: ↑commence), ↑start (for: ↑start), ↑starter (for: ↑start), ↑beginner (for: ↑begin), ↑beginning (for: ↑begin)
• Hyponyms:
↑recommence, ↑strike out, ↑fall, ↑jump off, ↑get to, ↑auspicate, ↑attack, ↑break in, ↑plunge, ↑launch, ↑come on, ↑embark, ↑enter, ↑get cracking, ↑bestir oneself, ↑get going, ↑get moving, ↑get weaving, ↑get started, ↑get rolling
• Verb Group: ↑begin
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s to INFINITIVE
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Somebody ——s VERB-ing
2. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line (Freq. 5)
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lay out the clothes
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lay out the arguments
• Hyponyms: ↑compart
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something PP
3. leave (Freq. 3)
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The family took off for Florida
• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑takeoff (for: ↑take off), ↑parting (for: ↑part), ↑departure (for: ↑depart), ↑departer (for: ↑depart)
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s PP
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The children set out to the playground
Useful english dictionary. 2012.