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Synonyms for begin
Synonyms for begin: start and commence. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for begin
Interchangeable with begin in this sense
Audited under begin's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one begin carries in that sense.
- startverb, in the sense "set in motion, cause to start"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name begin as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- commencecommence is a verb in the sense "to begin or start"
The first group is filed under begin's own sense. The second reaches begin from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
set in motion, cause to start
Begin a new chapter in your life.
The true synonym
start
Same sentence, swapped: Start a new chapter in your life.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot begin is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- decide
- fly
- pass
Where begin turns up in the game
begin is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where begin is the trap
- createverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is make, in the sense "make or cause to be or to become", with begin sitting one tile away.
- terminateverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is stop, in the sense "have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense", and begin is on the board beside it.
Play begin
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so begin reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because change is the company begin keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. begin carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.