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{ "antonyms": [ { "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "end" } ], "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "begin at the wrong end" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "beginner" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "beginning" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "begin with the chucky" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "to begin with" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "beginnen" }, "expansion": "Middle English beginnen", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "beginnan", "4": "", "5": "to begin" }, "expansion": "Old English beginnan (“to begin”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*biginnan" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *biginnan", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*biginnaną", "4": "", "5": "to begin" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "be-" }, "expansion": "be-", "name": "l" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "", "3": "*ginnaną" }, "expansion": "*ginnaną", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "onginnan" }, "expansion": "Old English onginnan", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), from be- + base verb *ginnaną also found in Old English onginnan.", "forms": [ { "form": "begins", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "beginning", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "began", "tags": [ "past" ] }, { "form": "begun", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "begins", "2": "beginning", "3": "began", "4": "begun" }, "expansion": "begin (third-person singular simple present begins, present participle beginning, simple past began, past participle begun)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "hyponyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "inaugurate" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "blaze a trail" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "break ground" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "break new ground" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "get underway" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "launch" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "leave" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "execute" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "run" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "set about" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:begin", "word": "take steps" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "I began playing the piano at the age of five. Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29", "text": "Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To start, to initiate or take the first step into something." ], "id": "en-begin-en-verb-MfjqQKxj", "links": [ [ "transitive", "transitive" ], [ "intransitive", "intransitive" ], [ "start", "start" ], [ "initiate", "initiate" ], [ "first", "first" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, intransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something." ], "tags": [ "intransitive", "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begin" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "nis" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "filloj" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "note": "1@InFinger-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh 1@InFinger-PalmUp-OpenB@CenterChesthigh", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "am", "lang": "Amharic", "roman": "ǧämärä", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ጀመረ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "badaʔa", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "بَدَأَ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ibtadaʔa", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "اِبْتَدَأَ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "šaraʕa", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "شَرَعَ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "badaʔ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic" ], "word": "بدأ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "bada", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic" ], "word": "بدا" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ajp", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "bada", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "South-Levantine-Arabic" ], "word": "بدا" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ajp", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ballash", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "South-Levantine-Arabic" ], "word": "بلّش" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "an", "lang": "Aragonese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "encetar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "sksel", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "սկսել" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ahurhescu" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ãnchisescu" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "apãrnjescu" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ntsep" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "entamar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "empezar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comenzar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "aniciar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "başlamaq" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "başlaw", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "башлау" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "baştaw", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Eastern" ], "word": "баштау" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hasi" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačynácʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective", "transitive" ], "word": "пачына́ць" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačácʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "пача́ць" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačynácca", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective", "intransitive" ], "word": "пачына́цца" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačácca", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "пача́цца" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śuru kora", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "শুরু করা" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "arombho kora", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "আরম্ভ করা" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "kregiñ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zapóčvam", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "запо́чвам" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "póčvam", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "по́чвам" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "póčna", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "по́чна" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "ca.", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "စ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "començar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "sugod" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "roman": "alenvdi", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ᎠᎴᏅᏗ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "開始" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "hoi¹ ci²", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "开始" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "開始" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāishǐ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "开始" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "začínat" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "začít" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "nizuor" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begynde" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "beginnen" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "aanvangen" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "komenci" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "eki" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hakkama" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "alustama" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "byrja" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "alkaa" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "aloittaa" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "commencer" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "démarrer" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "se mettre" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "començâ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comezar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comenzar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "empezar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "daic̣q̇eba", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "დაიწყება" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ic̣q̇eba", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "იწყება" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "anfangen" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "beginnen" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "starten" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "anheben" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "duginnan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "dustōdjan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "𐌳𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "archízo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "αρχίζω" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "árkhomai", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "with-genitive" ], "word": "ἄρχομαι" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ha", "lang": "Hausa", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "fāra" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hitkhíl", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "הִתְחִיל" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "hil", "lang": "Hiligaynon", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "sugod" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "śurū karnā", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "transitive" ], "word": "शुरू करना" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "śurū honā", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "word": "शुरू होना" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "kezd" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "elkezd" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "megkezd" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "byrja" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hefjast" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "komencar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "mulai" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "alkaa" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "noissa" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "käyvvä" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "lähtiä" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "aluttaa" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "täytyä" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ruveta" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comenciar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "tosaigh" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "cominciare" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniziare" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "alt": "はじめる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hajimeru", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "transitive" ], "word": "始める" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "alt": "かいしする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaishi suru", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "開始する" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "alt": "はじまる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hajimaru", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "word": "始まる" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "bastau", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "бастау" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "cap phdaəm", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ចាប់ផ្ដើម" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "phdaəm", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ផ្ដើម" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "cap", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ចាប់" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "sijakhada", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "시작하다" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "gaesihada", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "개시하다" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "dest pê kirin" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "baştoo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "баштоо" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lœ̄m", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ເລີ່ມ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "lo", "english": "tang ton", "lang": "Lao", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ຕັ້ງຕົ້ນ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "incipiō" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ordior" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "initiō" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "committō" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ineō" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "sākt" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "pradėti" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "lut", "lang": "Lushootseed", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ʔil" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ufänken" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "započnuva", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "започнува" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "započne", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "започне" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "počnuva", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "почнува" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "počne", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "почне" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "mula" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "tuṭaṅṅuka", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "തുടങ്ങുക" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "ārambhikkuka", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ആരംഭിക്കുക" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "beda" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mi", "english": "a song or chant", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hāpai" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hoto" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mi", "english": "a speech", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "whakataki" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "huataki" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hīmata" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "tīmata" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "surū karṇe", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "सुरू करणे" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mhr", "lang": "Eastern Mari", "roman": "tüŋalaš", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "тӱҥалаш" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "exlex", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "эхлэх" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "cumenzà" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Guernsey" ], "word": "c'menchier" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Jersey" ], "word": "c'menchi" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "frr", "lang": "Northern Frisian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Hallig" ], "word": "öönfange" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begynne" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "børje" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "innlede" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begynna" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "byrja" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "innleia" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "començar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "entamenar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "oj", "lang": "Ojibwe", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "maajii-" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fro", "lang": "Old French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comencier" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "biginnan" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "andginnan" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "om", "lang": "Oromo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "eegaluu" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "om", "lang": "Oromo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "jalqabuu" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "šoro' kawəl", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "شروع کول" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "payl kawəl", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "پيل کول" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "âğâz kardan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "آغاز کردن" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šoru' kardan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "شروع کردن" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "zaczynać" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective", "transitive" ], "word": "zacząć" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "zaczynać się" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive", "perfective" ], "word": "zacząć się" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "começar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "qallay" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "qallariy" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "a începe" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Rumantsch-Grischun" ], "word": "entschaiver" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Sursilvan" ], "word": "entscheiver" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Surmiran", "Sutsilvan" ], "word": "antschever" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Rumantsch-Grischun" ], "word": "cumenzar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Surmiran" ], "word": "scumanzar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Puter", "Vallander" ], "word": "cumanzer" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan", "Vallander" ], "word": "iniziar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Puter", "Surmiran" ], "word": "inizier" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načinátʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "начина́ть" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načátʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective", "transitive" ], "word": "нача́ть" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načinátʹsja", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "начина́ться" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načátʹsja", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive", "perfective" ], "word": "нача́ться" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sat", "lang": "Santali", "roman": "ehop’", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ᱮᱦᱳᱵ" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "imperfective" ], "word": "по̀чињати" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "perfective" ], "word": "по̀че̄ти" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Roman", "imperfective" ], "word": "pòčinjati" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Roman", "perfective" ], "word": "pòčēti" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "accuminzari" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "cuminzari" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "accuminciari" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "cuminciari" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "ārambha karanawā", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ආරම්භ කරනවා" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "začínať" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "začať" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "začenjati" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "začeti" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comenzar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "empezar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "principiar" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "srn", "lang": "Sranan Tongo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "bigin" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "kuanza" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "börja" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begynna" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "inleda" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "påbörja" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "magumpisa" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "mag-umpisa" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "umpisahan" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "magsimula" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "simulan" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "šuru kardan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "шуру кардан" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "šuruʾ kardan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "шуруъ кардан" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "oġoz kardan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "оғоз кардан" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tt", "lang": "Tatar", "roman": "başlarga", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "башларга" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "rə̂əm", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "เริ่ม" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "rə̂əm-dtôn", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "เริ่มต้น" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "başlamak" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "başlamak" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "počynáty", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective", "transitive" ], "word": "почина́ти" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "počáty", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "поча́ти" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "počynátysja", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective", "intransitive" ], "word": "почина́тися" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "počátysja", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "поча́тися" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "śurū' karnā", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "شُرُوع کَرْنا" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "bashlimaq", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "باشلىماق" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "boshlamoq" }, { "_dis1": "91 2 7", "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to 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{ "code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "başlaw", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "башлау" }, { "code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "baştaw", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Eastern" ], "word": "баштау" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hasi" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačynácʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective", "transitive" ], "word": "пачына́ць" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačácʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "пача́ць" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačynácca", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective", "intransitive" ], "word": "пачына́цца" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pačácca", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "пача́цца" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śuru kora", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "শুরু করা" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "arombho kora", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "আরম্ভ করা" }, { "code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "kregiñ" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zapóčvam", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "запо́чвам" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "póčvam", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "по́чвам" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "póčna", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "по́чна" }, { "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "ca.", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "စ" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "començar" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "sugod" }, { "code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "roman": "alenvdi", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ᎠᎴᏅᏗ" }, { "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "開始" }, { "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "hoi¹ ci²", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "开始" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "開始" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāishǐ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "开始" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "začínat" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "začít" }, { "code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "nizuor" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begynde" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "beginnen" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "aanvangen" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "komenci" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "eki" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hakkama" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "alustama" }, { "code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "byrja" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "alkaa" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "aloittaa" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "commencer" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "démarrer" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "se mettre" }, { "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "començâ" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comezar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comenzar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "empezar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "daic̣q̇eba", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "დაიწყება" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ic̣q̇eba", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "იწყება" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "anfangen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "beginnen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "starten" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "anheben" }, { "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "duginnan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽" }, { "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "dustōdjan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "𐌳𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "archízo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "αρχίζω" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "árkhomai", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "with-genitive" ], "word": "ἄρχομαι" }, { "code": "ha", "lang": "Hausa", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "fāra" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hitkhíl", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "הִתְחִיל" }, { "code": "hil", "lang": "Hiligaynon", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "sugod" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "śurū karnā", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "transitive" ], "word": "शुरू करना" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "śurū honā", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "word": "शुरू होना" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "kezd" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "elkezd" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "megkezd" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "byrja" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hefjast" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "komencar" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "mulai" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "alkaa" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "noissa" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "käyvvä" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "lähtiä" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "aluttaa" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "täytyä" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ruveta" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comenciar" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "tosaigh" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "cominciare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniziare" }, { "alt": "はじめる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hajimeru", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "transitive" ], "word": "始める" }, { "alt": "かいしする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaishi suru", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "開始する" }, { "alt": "はじまる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hajimaru", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "word": "始まる" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "bastau", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "бастау" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "cap phdaəm", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ចាប់ផ្ដើម" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "phdaəm", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ផ្ដើម" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "cap", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ចាប់" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "sijakhada", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "시작하다" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "gaesihada", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "개시하다" }, { "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "dest pê kirin" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "baştoo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "баштоо" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lœ̄m", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ເລີ່ມ" }, { "code": "lo", "english": "tang ton", "lang": "Lao", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ຕັ້ງຕົ້ນ" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "incipiō" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ordior" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "initiō" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "committō" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ineō" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "sākt" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "pradėti" }, { "code": "lut", "lang": "Lushootseed", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ʔil" }, { "code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ufänken" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "započnuva", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "започнува" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "započne", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "започне" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "počnuva", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "почнува" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "počne", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "почне" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "mula" }, { "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "tuṭaṅṅuka", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "തുടങ്ങുക" }, { "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "ārambhikkuka", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "ആരംഭിക്കുക" }, { "code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "beda" }, { "code": "mi", "english": "a song or chant", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hāpai" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hoto" }, { "code": "mi", "english": "a speech", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "whakataki" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "huataki" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "hīmata" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "tīmata" }, { "code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "surū karṇe", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "सुरू करणे" }, { "code": "mhr", "lang": "Eastern Mari", "roman": "tüŋalaš", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "тӱҥалаш" }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "exlex", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "эхлэх" }, { "code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "cumenzà" }, { "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Guernsey" ], "word": "c'menchier" }, { "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Jersey" ], "word": "c'menchi" }, { "code": "frr", "lang": "Northern Frisian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Hallig" ], "word": "öönfange" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begynne" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "børje" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "innlede" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "begynna" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "byrja" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "innleia" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "començar" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "entamenar" }, { "code": "oj", "lang": "Ojibwe", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "maajii-" }, { "code": "fro", "lang": "Old French", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "comencier" }, { "code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "biginnan" }, { "code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "andginnan" }, { "code": "om", "lang": "Oromo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "eegaluu" }, { "code": "om", "lang": "Oromo", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "jalqabuu" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "šoro' kawəl", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "شروع کول" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "payl kawəl", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "پيل کول" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "âğâz kardan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "آغاز کردن" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "šoru' kardan", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "شروع کردن" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "zaczynać" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective", "transitive" ], "word": "zacząć" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "zaczynać się" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive", "perfective" ], "word": "zacząć się" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "começar" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "iniciar" }, { "code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "qallay" }, { "code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "qallariy" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "word": "a începe" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Rumantsch-Grischun" ], "word": "entschaiver" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Sursilvan" ], "word": "entscheiver" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Surmiran", "Sutsilvan" ], "word": "antschever" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Rumantsch-Grischun" ], "word": "cumenzar" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Surmiran" ], "word": "scumanzar" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Puter", "Vallander" ], "word": "cumanzer" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan", "Vallander" ], "word": "iniziar" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "Puter", "Surmiran" ], "word": "inizier" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načinátʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "начина́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načátʹ", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "perfective", "transitive" ], "word": "нача́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načinátʹsja", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "начина́ться" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "načátʹsja", "sense": "to start, to initiate or take the first step into something", "tags": [ "intransitive", "perfective" ], "word": "нача́ться" }, { "code": "sat", "lang": 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\"comenzar\"}, {\"code\": \"gl\", \"lang\": \"Galician\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"empezar\"}, {\"code\": \"gl\", \"lang\": \"Galician\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"iniciar\"}, {\"code\": \"ka\", \"lang\": \"Georgian\", \"roman\": \"daic̣q̇eba\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"დაიწყება\"}, {\"code\": \"ka\", \"lang\": \"Georgian\", \"roman\": \"ic̣q̇eba\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"იწყება\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"anfangen\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"beginnen\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate 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into something\", \"word\": \"elkezd\"}, {\"code\": \"hu\", \"lang\": \"Hungarian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"megkezd\"}, {\"code\": \"is\", \"lang\": \"Icelandic\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"byrja\"}, {\"code\": \"is\", \"lang\": \"Icelandic\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"hefjast\"}, {\"code\": \"io\", \"lang\": \"Ido\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"komencar\"}, {\"code\": \"id\", \"lang\": \"Indonesian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"mulai\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"alkaa\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"noissa\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"käyvvä\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"lähtiä\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"aluttaa\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"täytyä\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ruveta\"}, {\"code\": \"ia\", \"lang\": \"Interlingua\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"comenciar\"}, {\"code\": \"ia\", \"lang\": \"Interlingua\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step 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or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"개시하다\"}, {\"code\": \"kmr\", \"lang\": \"Northern Kurdish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"dest pê kirin\"}, {\"code\": \"ky\", \"lang\": \"Kyrgyz\", \"roman\": \"baştoo\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"баштоо\"}, {\"code\": \"lo\", \"lang\": \"Lao\", \"roman\": \"lœ̄m\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ເລີ່ມ\"}, {\"code\": \"lo\", \"english\": \"tang ton\", \"lang\": \"Lao\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ຕັ້ງຕົ້ນ\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"incipiō\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ordior\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"initiō\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"committō\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ineō\"}, {\"code\": \"lv\", \"lang\": \"Latvian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"sākt\"}, {\"code\": \"lt\", \"lang\": \"Lithuanian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"pradėti\"}, {\"code\": \"lut\", \"lang\": \"Lushootseed\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ʔil\"}, {\"code\": \"lb\", \"lang\": \"Luxembourgish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ufänken\"}, {\"code\": \"mk\", \"lang\": \"Macedonian\", \"roman\": \"započnuva\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"започнува\"}, {\"code\": \"mk\", \"lang\": \"Macedonian\", \"roman\": \"započne\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"започне\"}, {\"code\": \"mk\", \"lang\": \"Macedonian\", \"roman\": \"počnuva\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"почнува\"}, {\"code\": \"mk\", \"lang\": \"Macedonian\", \"roman\": \"počne\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"почне\"}, {\"code\": \"ms\", \"lang\": \"Malay\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"mula\"}, {\"code\": \"ml\", \"lang\": \"Malayalam\", \"roman\": \"tuṭaṅṅuka\", \"sense\": \"to 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\"word\": \"huataki\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"hīmata\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"tīmata\"}, {\"code\": \"mr\", \"lang\": \"Marathi\", \"roman\": \"surū karṇe\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"सुरू करणे\"}, {\"code\": \"mhr\", \"lang\": \"Eastern Mari\", \"roman\": \"tüŋalaš\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"тӱҥалаш\"}, {\"code\": \"mn\", \"lang\": \"Mongolian\", \"roman\": \"exlex\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\"], \"word\": \"эхлэх\"}, {\"code\": \"nap\", \"lang\": \"Neapolitan\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"cumenzà\"}, {\"code\": \"nrf\", 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\"rm\", \"lang\": \"Romansch\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"Puter\", \"Surmiran\"], \"word\": \"inizier\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"načinátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"начина́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"načátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\", \"transitive\"], \"word\": \"нача́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"načinátʹsja\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"начина́ться\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"načátʹsja\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"intransitive\", \"perfective\"], \"word\": \"нача́ться\"}, {\"code\": \"sat\", \"lang\": \"Santali\", \"roman\": \"ehop’\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"ᱮᱦᱳᱵ\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"по̀чињати\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"perfective\"], \"word\": \"по̀че̄ти\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"pòčinjati\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"perfective\"], \"word\": \"pòčēti\"}, {\"code\": \"scn\", \"lang\": \"Sicilian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to 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[\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"začať\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"začenjati\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"začeti\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"comenzar\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"iniciar\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"empezar\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"principiar\"}, {\"code\": \"srn\", \"lang\": \"Sranan Tongo\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"bigin\"}, {\"code\": \"sw\", \"lang\": \"Swahili\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"kuanza\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"börja\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"begynna\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"inleda\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"påbörja\"}, {\"code\": \"tl\", \"lang\": \"Tagalog\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"magumpisa\"}, {\"code\": \"tl\", \"lang\": \"Tagalog\", 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step into something\", \"word\": \"оғоз кардан\"}, {\"code\": \"tt\", \"lang\": \"Tatar\", \"roman\": \"başlarga\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"башларга\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"roman\": \"rə̂əm\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"เริ่ม\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"roman\": \"rə̂əm-dtôn\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"เริ่มต้น\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"başlamak\"}, {\"code\": \"tk\", \"lang\": \"Turkmen\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"başlamak\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"počynáty\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\", \"transitive\"], \"word\": \"почина́ти\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"počáty\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"поча́ти\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"počynátysja\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\", \"intransitive\"], \"word\": \"почина́тися\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"počátysja\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"perfective\"], \"word\": \"поча́тися\"}, {\"code\": \"ur\", \"lang\": \"Urdu\", \"roman\": \"śurū' karnā\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"شُرُوع کَرْنا\"}, {\"code\": \"ug\", \"lang\": \"Uyghur\", \"roman\": \"bashlimaq\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"باشلىماق\"}, {\"code\": \"uz\", \"lang\": \"Uzbek\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"boshlamoq\"}, {\"code\": \"uz\", \"lang\": \"Uzbek\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"boshlanmoq\"}, {\"code\": \"vec\", \"lang\": \"Venetian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"scuminsiar\"}, {\"code\": \"vec\", \"lang\": \"Venetian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"scuminçiar\"}, {\"code\": \"vec\", \"lang\": \"Venetian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"scomençiar\"}, {\"code\": \"vec\", \"lang\": \"Venetian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"scomensar\"}, {\"code\": \"vec\", \"lang\": \"Venetian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"scomençar\"}, {\"code\": \"vec\", \"lang\": \"Venetian\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"scominsiar\"}, {\"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"bắt đầu\"}, {\"code\": \"vo\", \"lang\": \"Volapük\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"beginön\"}, {\"code\": \"vo\", \"lang\": \"Volapük\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"primön\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"dechrau\"}, {\"code\": \"yi\", \"lang\": \"Yiddish\", \"roman\": \"onheybn\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"word\": \"אָנהייבן\"}, {\"code\": \"yi\", \"lang\": \"Yiddish\", \"roman\": \"baginen\", \"sense\": \"to start, to initiate or take the first step into something\", \"tags\": [\"archaic\"], \"word\": \"באַגינען\"}, {\"code\": \"ba\", \"lang\": \"Bashkir\", \"roman\": \"başlanıw\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"башланыу\"}, {\"code\": \"ba\", \"lang\": \"Bashkir\", \"roman\": \"baştalıw\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"tags\": [\"Eastern\"], \"word\": \"башталыу\"}, {\"code\": \"bn\", \"lang\": \"Bengali\", \"roman\": \"śuru hōẇa\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"শুরু হওয়া\"}, {\"code\": \"chr\", \"lang\": \"Cherokee\", \"roman\": \"adaleniha\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"ᎠᏓᎴᏂᎭ\"}, {\"code\": \"eo\", \"lang\": \"Esperanto\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"komenciĝi\"}, {\"code\": \"hu\", \"lang\": \"Hungarian\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"kezdődik\"}, {\"code\": \"hu\", \"lang\": \"Hungarian\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"elkezdődik\"}, {\"code\": \"hu\", \"lang\": \"Hungarian\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"megkezdődik\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"cominciare\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"iniziare\"}, {\"code\": \"ml\", \"lang\": \"Malayalam\", \"roman\": \"tuṭaṅṅuka\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"തുടങ്ങുക\"}, {\"code\": \"mr\", \"lang\": \"Marathi\", \"roman\": \"surū hoṇe\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"सुरू होणे\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"začať\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"začínať\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"empezar\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"comenzar\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"of a thing, to be in the first stage of something\", \"word\": \"iniciar\"}], \"wikipedia\": [\"begin\"], \"word\": \"begin\"}", "path": [], "section": "English", "subsection": "verb", "title": "begin", "trace": "" }
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