Collocations for "beginning"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "beginning" in context.
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begin
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- begin to [see, understand]
- begin to feel [threatened, depressed, joy]
- I'm beginning to get [annoyed, anxious, tired]
- began to [wonder, think, cry]
- begin to make [amends, a difference, progress]
- began [crying, walking, playing]
- begin working [on, at]
- begin at [noon, 3:00, sunrise]
- begin in [December]
- begin on [Monday]
- begin by [saying, looking, asking, considering]
- (let me) begin by [saying, thanking]
- don't know where to begin
- [ready, scheduled] to begin
- before we (can) begin
- a new [day, chapter] begins
- the [movie, story, book] begins with
- begins with [a vowel, a consonant, an "S"]
- [a word, something] beginning with ["G", a vowel]
- [the title, her surname, it] begins with [a vowel]
- begin [development, work] on
- [work] has begun (on)
- begin a [discussion, investigation]
- begin your [career, research, studies]
- begin something new
- life begins at 40
- it's beginning to look [like, a lot like, as though]
- begin (all over) again
'beginning' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
begin
- collect
- fate
- imply
- mark
- mean
- price
- start
- wait
- yield
- act
- assessment
- day
- light
- threshold
- term
- stage
- revolution
- relationship
- race
- month
- salt and pepper
- clean
- fresh
- worse
- worried
- today
- tired
- Thursday
- since
- near
- just
- crack
- curve
- era
- flu
- January
- kindergarten
- mankind
- mortar
- rust
- woe
- abstract
- avenue
- blossom
- blunder
- infrastructure
- instruction
- phase
- rank