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begins

v.
A1 Beginner US //bɪˈɡɪnz// UK //bɪɡˈɪnz// be·gins

v. to start something or happen from a certain point in time.

v. to start or perform the first part of an action or activity; to come into existence. The third-person singular present form of 'begin'.


SIMPLE

The movie begins at eight o'clock tonight.

CONTEXTUAL

Every morning, the school day begins with a short meeting in the main hall.

COMPLEX

The novel begins with a detailed description of the landscape, setting a somber tone that persists throughout the subsequent chapters as the protagonist's journey unfolds.

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The verb is intransitive when describing an event starting, but transitive when a subject starts an activity.

Pitfall

The show is begins nowThe show begins nowLearners often incorrectly add 'is' before the present tense form of the verb.

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