Definitions for begun

begun be·gun

Spelling: [bih-guhn]
IPA: /bɪˈgʌn/

Begun is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in begun (begnu).

Definitions for begun

verb

  1. past participle of begin.

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 begun

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

Examples for begun

They have begun so cruelly with me, that I have not spirit enough to assert my own negative.

The economy has begun to add jobs, but the quality of those jobs is an increasing concern.

By the late 1600s, chemists and herbalists had begun to concoct their own scientific mixtures for curing the hangover.

Soon after we've begun working, Hitchcock announces he isn't coming to the office because it is raining.

Actually, the guessing game is over; the weddings have begun, as have weird attempts to circumvent our constitutional democracy.

Holiday giving has also begun to reflect this household culture.

Light and buoyant as the child was, her tightened clasp had begun to tell on him.

I am more than delighted to find he has begun to take an interest in music.

She had begun to pull away in alarm when he seized her wrist.

These concealed meetings, once begun, became an absorbing excitement.

Word Value for begun
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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