Begin and Settling

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Begin verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).

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Settling is an antonym for begin.

Nearby Word: beginning

Settling noun - A gradual sinking to a lower level.

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Begin is an antonym for settling in resolve topic.

Nearby Words: settle, settled, settlement, setting, settler

The settling of Danish and Norwegian pagans on English soil wouldn't begin until the 860s with the Danleagh, or Danelaw.

Source: Series / Vikings
He does one good thing (Break the seal that trapped Django, whose absence led to the Bad Future to begin with) before comfortably settling into his position as The Load.

Source: Kid from the Future
Little House on the Prairie is somewhat infamous for this, to begin with the real life Ingalls family lived in Walnut Grove, Minnesota only for about three years, then moving to a farm in Western Minnesota, then to Burr Oak, Iowa, and eventually settling in DeSmet, in what is now South Dakota.

Source: Very Loosely Based on a True Story

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