begun

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begun^¹

/bɪˈɡʌn/
/bɪˈɡʊn/ Ireland, Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌn

verb

participle, past past participle of begin ... when he should take the sield, that city was persuaded to complete the regiment they had begun to form, under the command of a Colonel whom the King had recommended to them ; which they did raise to the number of a thousand men.
nonstandard, obsolete, past simple past of begin 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.

adjective

Having begun.

Begun^²

Where it comes from

Two possible origins:

* Borrowed from Russian бегу́н (begún, “runner”), a nickname used in the local Jewish community. Doublet of Biegun and Bihun, from Polish and Ukrainian respectively.

* A variant of Begum, an Indian surname found in the Muslim community.

proper noun Beguns

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gone, set, commence, come, done, starting, start, become, triggered, commencement, involved, primed, established, eroded, put, committed

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@misc{begun_2026,
  title = {begun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/begun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}