take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | begin with vigor |
set in motion, cause to start | propel with force |
begin to speak or say | launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage |
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language | get going; give impetus to |
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative | smoothen the surface of |
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | set up or found |
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 | |