[bɪˈɡɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity)
(e.g: Peter had just begun a life sentence for murder)

- not have any chance or likelihood of doing a specified thing
(e.g: I can't begin to tell you how much I hate that commercial)


Phrases:
- to begin with

Origin:
Old English beginnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German beginnen