Definitions for begins

begins be·gin

Spelling: [bih-gin]
IPA: /bɪˈgɪn/

Begins is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in begins (begins).

Definitions for begins

verb (used with object)

  1. to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of (some action):
  2. to originate; be the originator of:
  3. to succeed to the slightest extent in (followed by an infinitive):

verb (used without object)

  1. to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action; commence; start:
  2. to come into existence; arise; originate:

Origin of begins

before 1000; Middle English beginnen, Old English beginnan, equivalent to be- be- + -ginnan to begin, perhaps orig. to open, akin to yawn

Examples for begins

Beat, and when it begins to get thick, add the nuts and coconut.

The more we try to look through the gauze, the more it all begins to look like gauze.

He begins to list them off: food rations, health clinics, education.

"I want to see where it begins and where it goes," he insisted.

As soon as the Hoppoo boat sees what is going on, it begins to blow conches.

It then begins to shrink and contract with the greatest uniformity.

At that she begins to scream, but the priest he wouldn't let go.

“The lovers are seated across the room from each other,” he begins in his deliberate tones.

The new days in which Sarah now begins her life may not be perfect, but they are indisputably better.

So I begin polishing, Boyle begins to make preliminary drawings, and things are buzzing.

Word Value for begins
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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