• v.
    ⦿take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
    lexical concept
  • Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  • He began early in the day
  • Let's get down to work now
  • The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  • We began working at dawn
  • Who will start?

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:begin
  2. enl:commence
  3. enl:get
  4. enl:get down
  5. enl:set about
  6. enl:set out
  7. enl:start
  8. enl:start out
wn:interlingual indexili:i23466

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • begincommencegetget downset aboutset outstartstart out
  • begincommenceget downset aboutset outstartstart out