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begun

verb
bi-GUN/bɪˈɡʌn/

2 meanings of begun

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past participle of begin. Use it after has, have, had, is, was or were.

    The movie has begun, so let's stop talking.

    By the time she woke up, school had already begun.

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  2. 2
    verbobsolete
    Past tense of begin. An old form once used where we now say began.
    When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise, Than when we first begun.
    1790Here, begun means began, the past of begin.
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begun is a form of begin

begin, verb: To start something, or to take the first step in doing it. Full entry

Forms
beginbegins he/she/itbeginning -ing formbegan past tensebegun past participle
Spelling
begin → begun: irregular (no -ed)

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