how to pronounce begin

/bɪˈɡɪn/

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begin is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of begin in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… crops and cattle would begin grazing on …”

meaning of begin

Begin means to start something new.

begin frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word begin occurs in english on average 110.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics begin can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that begin can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;