Begin and Invent

Begin

Begin verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: she began walking to work for exercise

Invent and begin are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Invent" instead a verb "Begin".

Nearby Word: beginning

Invent

Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Begin and invent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Begin" instead a verb "Invent".

Common collocations

life begin life invent life
process begin process invent process
system begin system invent system
way begin way invent way
Other words: plan, game, story.

Both words in one sentence

  • In the beginning, the moral appeared to be "Don't invent an imaginary friend to blame on your actions," but even Bubbles said it "Wasn't (Mike's) fault, he was evil to begin with." In the end, the message seemed to be when you can't battle an imaginary-realistic friend, invent your own.
    Source: Lost Aesop
  • Comic Book / Queen and Country Torture will always extract information, though eventually the person being tortured will begin to invent things to stop the pain, at which point it fails.
  • Humans begin using their power over plant growth to invent agriculture.
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