Word relationships
Synonyms
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set out, commence
Local English word record
set about
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Practice this wordExamples
- 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
Source and method
This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.