How do you use Begun in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Begun meaning
- past participle of begin
- simple past of begin
Using Begun
- The main meaning on this page is: past participle of begin | simple past of begin
- In the example corpus, begun often appears in combinations such as: has begun, begun to, have begun.
Context around Begun
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Begun
- In this selection, "begun" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deals, officially, now, setting, rolling and five stand out and add context to how "begun" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 11 has begun a further, afghanistan had begun well though, begun rolling and recently begun. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "begun" sits close to words such as horse, household and submitted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with begun
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A grim period of history had begun. (7 words)
Afghanistan had begun well though after being asked to bat. (10 words)
After months of planning, the initial work to tear the structure down has now begun. (15 words)
Samsung has begun rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in India. has begun rolling out 8.0 Oreo update for Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in India. (36 words)
The 11 that started at Goodison Park have begun five games together; remove Eddie Nketiah and replace him with Gabriel Jesus, the injured first choice, and that 11 has begun a further six. (33 words)
The project had begun drilling at its mountain installation site in Texas back in 2009, though it’s only now that the 500 foot high clock has begun to be fitted into place. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Preparations have already begun and several groundnut vendors and other assorted items have already begun setting up their stalls on Bull Temple Road.
The 11 that started at Goodison Park have begun five games together; remove Eddie Nketiah and replace him with Gabriel Jesus, the injured first choice, and that 11 has begun a further six.
The virus brought global sport to a virtual standstill, but as lockdowns aimed at preventing its spread have begun to ease, sport has begun to re-emerge.
Now that the Black Friday deluge has begun, we've taken our full list of deals (begun earlier this week and arranged by category), added new ones, and sorted them by store.
With filming complete and VFX work close to being finished, the Amells have begun hyping up the release of their movie and have begun announcing in various cities this spring and summer.
Samsung has begun rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in India. has begun rolling out 8.0 Oreo update for Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in India.
Since I’ve begun thinking consciously about how I live in relation to regenerating all Creation, I’ve begun to wrap my head around the idea of selling my pickup.
The project had begun drilling at its mountain installation site in Texas back in 2009, though it’s only now that the 500 foot high clock has begun to be fitted into place.
Abia residents have begun setting the agenda for the newly inaugurated state Governor, Dr Alex Otti, who took the oath of office at the Umuahia stadium on Monday.
According to a recent report, WhatsApp has begun testing a that will allow users to generate stickers using artificial intelligence (AI).
According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, discussions have already begun, and both parties are keen on reaching an agreement this summer.
A cogent postmortem of the two-state solution would have begun by asking whether it was ever really alive.
AEW All In has officially begun, and the event didn't waste any time getting people talking.
Afghanistan had begun well though after being asked to bat.
After clearing about 264,000 cubic feet of hazardous material and debris, including more than two dozen burned vehicles, crews have begun to maneuver the enormous timber posts in place under the freeway.
After last month’s mirror-image move, when both raised rates a quarter point, the two central banks have begun to diverge again.
After months of planning, the initial work to tear the structure down has now begun.
After the war, the Age of Men had begun, and the magical beings of Middle-earth set sail into the West.
A grim period of history had begun.
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June, some senators-elect have begun lobbying for the presidency of the upper chamber.
Phrases with begun
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with begun
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- has begun 62×
- begun to 53×
- have begun 44×
- had begun 32×
- already begun 21×
- begun in 8×
- begun and 7×
- just begun 6×
- begun his 5×
- begun rolling 4×