began vs begun : Common Errors in English
About began vs begun
Begun is the past participle and began is the simple past. Begun cannot be used without an auxiliary verb like has, have etc. When the emperor said, "Let the games begin!" the games began. The next day the newspapers reported that the games have begun.began Meaning(s)
- (n) Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
- (v) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- (v) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- (v) set in motion, cause to start
- (v) begin to speak or say
- (v) be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- (v) have a beginning, of a temporal event
- (v) have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- (v) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- (v) achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- (v) begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
begun Meaning(s)
- (n) Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
- (v) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- (v) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- (v) set in motion, cause to start
- (v) begin to speak or say
- (v) be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- (v) have a beginning, of a temporal event
- (v) have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- (v) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- (v) achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- (v) begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
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