spend or use time | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | set in motion, cause to start |
have an existence, be extant | begin to speak or say |
have life, be alive | begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language |
form or compose | achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative |
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object |
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere | have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
be identical to; be someone or something | be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series |
be identical or equivalent to | have a beginning characterized in some specified way |
represent, as of a character on stage | have a beginning, of a temporal event |
be priced at | |
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form | |