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beginnest

beginnest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of begin.

Meaning of begin

Verb

begin (third-person singular simple present begins, present participle beginning, simple past began, past participle begun)

  1. (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
    • I began playing the piano at the age of five.
  2. (intransitive) To come into existence.
    • Vast chain of being! which from God began.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC

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Origin of beginnest

begin + -est

Questions about beginnest

What is beginnest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beginnest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of begin.

Words near beginnest in the dictionary

  1. beginner's trap
  2. beginner's traps
  3. beginnerish
  4. beginners
  5. beginnes
  6. beginnest
  7. beginneth
  8. beginnin'
  9. beginning
  10. beginning at the wrong end
  11. beginning of day

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