開始 — meaning in English

English meaning

• begin verb To start doing something, or for something to start happening.
• beginning noun The point or period at which something starts.
• commence verb To begin or start (formal).
• start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.

Senses

開始 is used for these senses in English:

• begin (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
• beginning (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
• commence (intransitive) To begin, start.
• start (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.

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