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View synonyms for begun

begun

[ bih-guhn ]

verb

  1. past participle of begin.


begun

/ bɪˈɡʌn /

verb

  1. the past participle of begin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.

Actually, the guessing game is over; the weddings have begun, as have weird attempts to circumvent our constitutional democracy.

The economy has begun to add jobs, but the quality of those jobs is an increasing concern.

By the late 1600s, chemists and herbalists had begun to concoct their own scientific mixtures for curing the hangover.

The good news is, the government has already begun to play Moneyball in some areas.

And he had waited so long for Grandfather Mole that he had begun to feel hungry again.

The last three years I've been in the Judith Basin, and southern outfits haven't begun to come in there yet.

Non-meerschaum smokers may not know what a delicate task this is, but once well begun the rest is comparatively easy.

But the house will rarely be empty now that the shooting has begun, and there is always something going on in the neighborhood.

Next is a higher court in which suits for all larger matters are begun and tried, as well as appeals from the lower court.

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