set out on (an enterprise or subject of study) | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
make a record of; set down in permanent form | set in motion, cause to start |
become a participant; be involved in | begin to speak or say |
put or introduce into something | begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language |
come on stage | achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative |
to come or go into | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object |
take on duties or office | have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
register formally as a participant or member | be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series |
be or play a part of or in | have a beginning characterized in some specified way |
| have a beginning, of a temporal event |