Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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begin | No | No | Yes | No |
end | Yes | No | Yes | No |
begin (noun) | end (noun) |
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the part you are expected to play | |
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line | |
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | |
a final part or section | |
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | |
the last section of a communication | |
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence | |
either extremity of something that has length | |
a boundary marking the extremities of something | |
the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object | |
one of two places from which people are communicating to each other | |
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage | |
a final state | |
the point in time at which something ends |
begin (verb) | end (verb) |
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | bring to an end or halt |
set in motion, cause to start | put an end to |
begin to speak or say | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical |
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language | be the end of; be the last or concluding part of |
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative | |
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 | |
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series | |
have a beginning characterized in some specified way | |
have a beginning, of a temporal event |