| begin | vi 1. start, bermula; (foll a pron) memulakan: I will ~ at page seven, saya akan bermula pd muka surat tujuh; before the rainy season ~s..., sebelum musim hujan bermula...; are we all ready?. Then I’ll ~, sudahkah kita semua bersedia? Bolehlah saya mulakan; 2. be started, bermula, dimulakan: the rehearsal began at nine, raptai itu bermula pd pukul sembilan; 3. come into being, bermula, mula wujud: when the world began, ketika dunia mula wujud; 4. have starting point, bermula: the alphabet ~s with A, abjad bermula dgn huruf A; the river ~s in the Alps, sungai itu bermula di pergunungan Alp; 5. start to say, speak, mula berkata; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| kick | ~ off, bermula: the game is due to ~ off in five minutes, perlawanan itu akan bermula lima minit lagi; ~ st off, menanggalkan sst: she ~ed off her shoes, dia menanggalkan kasutnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| begin | ~ with, (st) bermula dgn; (so.) mulakan, yg memulakan: the play ~s with a prologue, lakonan itu bermula dgn prolog; let’s ~ with Hassan, biar Hassan mulakan or biar Hassan yg memulakan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| commence | vi (fml) bermula; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| jump | ~ off, (mil) begin, bermula, dimulakan: the attack ~ed off before daybreak, serangan itu dimulakan sebelum fajar menyinsing; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| flying start | n; get off to a ~, bermula dgn baik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| grow | ~ out of, a. result from, arise, /berpunca, bermula/ drpd: the conflict grew out of a misunderstanding, konflik itu berpunca drpd salah faham; b. become too big for, tdk boleh lagi memakai: she has ~n out of all her old clothes, dia sudah tdk boleh lagi memakai semua pakaian lamanya; c. discard as one becomes older, meninggalkan: thank goodness he has ~n out of throwing tantrums, syukurlah dia telah meninggalkan tabiatnya yg suka memberang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| come | e. hurry, cepat: ~ on, the game has already started, cepat, permainan sudah bermula; f. (of an actor etc) appear on stage, muncul di pentas; g. be performed, dipentaskan, dilakonkan: the play is to ~ on in September, drama itu akan dipentaskan pd bulan September; h. be shown, ditayangkan: the film won’t be coming on until the school holidays, filem itu tdk akan ditayangkan sehingga cuti sekolah; i. (leg.) didengar; ~ on st, see ~ upon st; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| develop | trouble had ~ed in the eastern states, kekacauan mula berlaku di negeri-negeri timur; fever ~ed, demam itu bermula; 4. take place as result of, berlaku: an argument ~ed following his outburst, pertengkaran berlaku selepas dia menghamburkan kata-kata itu; 5. (photog), (men)jadi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| expand | ~ into, berkembang menjadi: what started off as a family business has ~ed into a multi-million-dollar concern, perniagaan yg bermula sbg perniagaan keluarga telah berkembang menjadi perusahaan berjuta dolar; ~ st into, mengembangkan sst menjadi: the writer has ~ed the story into a novel, penulis telah mengembangkan cerita itu menjadi novel; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |