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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  @Begin
       
           The Scribe equivalent of \begin.
       
          [{Jargon File]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  \begin
       
           The LaTeX command used with \end to delimit an
          environment within which the text is formatted in a certain
          way.  E.g. \begin{table...\end{table}.
       
          Used humorously in writing to indicate a context or to remark
          on the surrounded text.  For example:
       
           \begin{flame
           Predicate logic is the only good programming
           language.  Anyone who would use anything else
           is an idiot.  Also, all computers should be
           tredecimal instead of binary.
           \end{flame
       
          Scribe users at CMU and elsewhere used to use @Begin/@End
          in an identical way (LaTeX was built to resemble Scribe).  On
          Usenet, this construct would more frequently be rendered as
          "" and "" (a la HTML), or "#ifdef
          FLAME" and "#endif FLAME" (a la C preprocessor).
       
          (1998-09-21)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Begin \Be*gin"\, v. t.
     1. To enter on; to commence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a
        beginning of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures,
              which leads us to the knowledge of God. --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
     & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
     Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
     Gin to begin.]
     1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
        take rise; to commence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to
        enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or
        state of being, or course of action; to take the first
        step; to start. ``Tears began to flow.'' --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
                                                    12.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Begin \Be*gin"\, n.
     Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Beginning.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D.
     & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna,
     Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See
     Gin to begin.]
     1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to
        take rise; to commence.
  
              Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.
  
     2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to
        enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or
        state of being, or course of action; to take the first
        step; to start. ``Tears began to flow.'' --Dryden.
  
              When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii.
                                                    12.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Begin \Be*gin"\, v. t.
     1. To enter on; to commence.
  
              Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. --Pope.
  
     2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a
        beginning of.
  
              The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures,
              which leads us to the knowledge of God. --Locke.
  
     Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Begin \Be*gin"\, n.
     Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  Begin
       n : Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of
           Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then
           the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) [syn: Menachem Begin]
       v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
            began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working
            as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to
            arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's
            get down to work now" [syn: get down, get, start
            out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant:
             end]
       2: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative
          sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second
          movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these
          homes start at $250,000" [syn: start] [ant: end]
       3: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in
          the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a
          new chapter in your life" [syn: lead off, start, commence]
          [ant: end]
       4: begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
       5: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or
          start, come first in a series; "The number 'one' begins
          the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The
          convocation ceremoney officially begins the semester"
       6: have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WWII began in 1939
          when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour
          begins next month"
       7: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The
          novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the
          three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a work-out"; "The
          semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: start]
       8: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or
          inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar";
          "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started
          physics in 10th grade" [syn: start]
       9: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in
          the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to
          deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even
          begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during
          the war"
       10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She
           began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in
           fourth grade"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  begin
     Ολλανδικά n.
     η αρχή, το ξεκίνημα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  begin
     Middle Dutch n.
     1 beginning, start
     2 origin, source
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard) beginning; start.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step
  into something.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Begin
     Saterland Frisian n.
     beginning; start

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  begin
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard) beginning; start.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step
  into something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  begin
     Middle Dutch n.
     1 beginning, start
     2 origin, source
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard) beginning; start.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step
  into something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Begin
     Saterland Frisian n.
     beginning; start

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  begin
     Middle Dutch n.
     1 beginning, start
     2 origin, source
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard) beginning; start.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step
  into something.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Begin
     Saterland Frisian n.
     beginning; start

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  begin
     Englanti vb.
     1 alkaa
     2 saada alkunsa
     3 ((rak en with)) aloittaa jk

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  begin
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg kat=modala hjälpverb text=modalt hjälpverb språk=en) börja,
  sätta igång

From Afrikaans-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 : [ freedict:afr-deu ]


  begin /bəxˈən/
  1. anbrechen, anfangen, beginnen
  2. Anfang , Beginn

From Afrikaans-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:afr-eng ]


  begin /bəxˈən/
  1. begin, commence, start
  2. beginning, commencement

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]


  begin 
  deuil

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]


  begin  (beginoù)
  soufflet (instrument)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  begin /bɪɡˈɪn/
  1. aanvang, begin, instel
  2. aanbreek

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Begin /bɪɡˈɪn/
  ابدأ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  begin //biˈɡɪn// //bəˈɡɪn// //bɪˈɡɪn// 
  запо́чвам, по́чвам, по́чна
  to start, to initiate or take the first step into something