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Antonyms for begun


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bih-guhn
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgʌn



Definition of begun

Origin :
  • past participle of begin.
  • adj started
Example sentences :
  • She had begun to pull away in alarm when he seized her wrist.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • These concealed meetings, once begun, became an absorbing excitement.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Light and buoyant as the child was, her tightened clasp had begun to tell on him.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • They have begun so cruelly with me, that I have not spirit enough to assert my own negative.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I am more than delighted to find he has begun to take an interest in music.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "I don't like talking about things before at least they are begun," answered Christopher.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Begun in 1851, Esmond progressed rapidly, and by the end of May 1852 it was completed.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Thus came everything in to help the youth who had begun to mend his ways.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "I came to take him away," said Amy, who had begun to tremble from head to foot.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • In this resolution he had begun to dress, but before he had finished had begun to have his doubts.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

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