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: begin , menachem begin ]
Begin (n.)
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; Lets get down to work now
[ Syn: get down , get , start out , start , set about , set out , commence ]
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; She began Russian at an early age; We started French in fourth grade'
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 ]
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
begin to speak or say; Now listen, friends, he began
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 ceremony officially begins the semester'
have a beginning, of a temporal event; WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland; The company's Asia tour begins next month'
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 workout; The semester begins with a convocation ceremony
[ Syn: start ]
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 ]
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'