Start, when used as transitive verb, means "cause (an event or process) to happen", or "cause or enable someone or something to begin doing or pursuing something." In "the children are …

Apr 22, 2020 · The two words 'begin' and 'start' are very close logically, 'something has been caused to happen', so their primary differences are collocations and connotations. 'Begin' …

Personal conclusion: Both Begin/End Start/End are good. But, if we are talking about date or time, start and end might be better. Because start means the beginning of a trip, it's more like how …

May 9, 2015 · Begin and start are synonyms with a few exceptions. Both are correct in your examples though begin may sound more formal. The following extract will help: We can use …

Dec 12, 2014 · 'Start' comes from Old High German; 'begin' is probably West Germanic. We also have 'commence' that came from French, and hence has a connotation of being in a more …

Feb 15, 2016 · Start and begin are very similar, but you wouldn't begin an engine, you'd start it. You might begin a journey, but you'd have to start out on one. We started to know each other. …

Aside from the formal/informal distinction, there is a slightly different meaning between start and get started. Start would indicate the beginning of an action that will continue, such as start …

Starting with A includes only words that start with the letter A. Adam; Alfred; Please give me all the names starting from A. Starting from A gives you all the words that start with A and all the …

Jun 3, 2012 · Upon comparing some of the example sentences included in websters-dictionary-online.net definitions for begin and commence, I conclude that one usually can replace forms …

Apr 5, 2017 · In her monograph The Semantics of English Aspectual Complementation (2012), Alice F. Freed points out that in contrast to begin, the verb start can also denote the onset of …