begins
bi-GINZ/bɪˈɡɪnz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of begin.
The school year begins right after the long summer break.
Whenever the storm begins, the dog hides under the bed.
Note
Here the grammar runs in two directions, because begin is ergative: the same form either takes an object or stands alone with the starting thing as its subject. A teacher begins the lesson; the lesson begins at nine. Either way, the -s ending marks a singular third-person subject (he, she, it, or a singular noun), while plain begin serves every other present-tense person.
She begins each lecture with a question.
The lecture begins at nine sharp.
begins is a form of begin
begin, verb: To start doing something, or to start happening or existing. Full entry
- Spelling
- begin → begins: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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