ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Begun

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /bɪˈɡʌn/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Begun is a verb meaning past participle of begin.

Meaning

past participle of begin.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete or nonstandard) simple past of begin

Example Sentences

When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise, Than when we first begun.
... when he should take the sield, that city was persuaded to complete the regiment they had begun to form, under the command of a Colonel whom the King had recommended to them ; which they did raise to the number of a thousand men.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gone, set, commence, come, done, starting.

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