Question 1 · Quick check
begun
CEFRA1
/bɪˈɡʌn/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
- 02
verb
Extra detailA surname.
Examples
They have begun to sleep in separate rooms.
"Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningpast participle of begin
More examples
In contextWell begun is half done.
When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise, Than when we first begun.
... when he should take the sield, that city was persuaded to complete the regiment they had begun to form, under the command of a Colonel whom the King had recommended to them ; which they did raise to the number of a thousand men.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
Nearby
Origin
verb
Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Russian бегу́н (begún, “runner”), a nickname used in the local Jewish community. Doublet of Biegun and Bihun, from Polish and Ukrainian respectively. * A variant of Begum, an Indian surname found in the Muslim community.