vverb.socialbegin to deal withSynset:approach go about
Examples:- approach a task
- go about a difficult problem
- approach a new project
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:set aboutact
Direct Hyponyms:confrontfaceface up
Full Troponyms:confrontriseundertake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s VERB-ing
vverb.creationenter upon an activity or enterpriseSynset:attempt undertake
Derivationally Related Form:undertaking
Hypernyms:initiate pioneer
Inherited Hypernyms:undertakeinitiatecausemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s VERB-ing
vverb.changetake the first step or steps in carrying out an actionSynset:begin commence get get down set out start start out
Examples:- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
Antonyms:end
Derivationally Related Form:startcommencementbeginningstarterbeginner
Inherited Hypernyms:get down
Direct Hyponyms:attackauspicatebestir oneselfbreak income onembarkenterfallget crackingget goingget movingget rollingget startedget toget weavingjump offlaunchplungerecommencestrike out
Full Troponyms:attackauspicatebreak income onembarkfallget crackingget tojump offplungerecommencestrike outtake up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s VERB-ing | They --- moving (apply to: begin, commence, start, set about, get) | They --- to move (apply to: begin, start)