(v1,vt,aux-v) (1) to start
to begin
to commence
to initiate
to originate
(2) to open (e.g. a store)
to start up
to establish (business. etc.)
(aux-v) (3) to start (doing something)
to begin to ...
(P)
(v1) to begin
to start
(v1) to begin
to start
(v1) to begin to appear
to begin to come in
(v1) to come for the first time
to become for the first time
(v1) to begin to drink
(v1) to begin
(v1) to start singing
(v1) to begin to cry
(v1) (1) to say say previously unspoken thoughts
(2) to start saying
(3) to court someone
(v1) to get going
to start off
(v1) to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
(v1) to begin blooming
(v1) to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)
(v1) to begin to catch (attention, etc.)
to begin to collect
(v1) to start eating
(v1) to begin to blow
(v1) to begin (emphatically)
to launch
to embark on
(v1) to begin to know
(v1) to begin to attend (e.g. school)
(v1) to begin to walk
to set out
(v1) to begin to speak
(v1) to begin to study
(v1) to begin some form of lifestyle