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 | play in the starting lineup |
have life, be alive | bring into being |
form or compose | get off the ground |
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | begin or set in motion |
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere | get going or set in motion |
be identical to; be someone or something | depart for someplace |
be identical or equivalent to | bulge outward |
represent, as of a character on stage | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
be priced at | begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job |
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object |
| have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
| have a beginning characterized in some specified way |