begun

[ bih-guhn ]

verb

1. past participle of begin.

begun

/ bɪˈɡʌn /

verb

1. the past participle of begin

Other Words From

• half-be·gun adjective
• well-be·gun adjective

Example Sentences

Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

The good news is, the government has already begun to play Moneyball in some areas.

From The Daily Beast

And he had waited so long for Grandfather Mole that he had begun to feel hungry again.

From Project Gutenberg

The last three years I've been in the Judith Basin, and southern outfits haven't begun to come in there yet.

From Project Gutenberg

Non-meerschaum smokers may not know what a delicate task this is, but once well begun the rest is comparatively easy.

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But the house will rarely be empty now that the shooting has begun, and there is always something going on in the neighborhood.

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Next is a higher court in which suits for all larger matters are begun and tried, as well as appeals from the lower court.

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