What does BEG mean?
Definitions for BEG
bɛgbeg
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Princeton's WordNet
beg, implore, prayverb
call upon in supplication; entreat
"I beg you to stop!"
solicit, beg, tapverb
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
"Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
begverb
ask to obtain free
"beg money and food"
begverb
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
"beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Begverb
He went to Pilate, and begged the body. Matth. xxvii. 58.
We have not begged any principles or suppositions, for the proof of this; but taking that common ground, which both Moses and all antiquity present. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
To BEGverb
To live upon alms; to live by asking relief of others.
Etymology: beggeren, Germ.
I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke, xvi. 3.
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beg
To beg is to earnestly or humbly ask or plead for something from someone. It typically is an expression of needing help, often in situations of poverty or desperation. Additionally, it can also mean to dodge or avoid answering something directly.
Webster Dictionary
Begnoun
a title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey
Begverb
to ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech
Begverb
to ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house
Begverb
to make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor
Begverb
to take for granted; to assume without proof
Begverb
to ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for
Begverb
to ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Beg
beg, v.i. to ask alms or charity, esp. habitually (with of, from; for, of the thing asked).—v.t. to ask earnestly: to beseech: to pray: to take for granted what ought to have been proved, esp. in the phrase in logic, 'to beg the question'—the fallacy of the Petitio Principii:—pr.p. beg′ging; pa.p. begged.—n. Beg′gar, one who begs: one who lives by begging: a mean fellow, a poor fellow—often used with a playful and even affectionate sense.—v.t. to reduce to beggary: to exhaust or impoverish: (fig.) to go beyond the resources of, as of description.—ns. Beg′gardom, the fraternity of beggars; Beg′garliness.—adj. Beggarly, poor: mean: worthless.—adv. meanly.—ns. Beg′gar-my-neigh′bour, a game at cards which goes on till one of the players has gained all the other's cards; Beg′gary, extreme poverty.—adv. Beg′gingly.—To beg off, to obtain another's release through entreaty, to seek that one's self may be relieved of some penalty or liability.—To go a-begging, to be in want of a purchaser, or of a person to fill it (of a situation, &c.). [The ety. is very obscure; the words beg and beggar first appear in the 13th century, and Dr Murray thinks the most likely derivation is from the O. Fr. begart, begard, and begar (L. beghardus = beghard), or its synonym beguine and derivative verb beguigner, beguiner, to act the beguin. The Beghards or Beguines were a lay mendicant order, and in the 13th century mendicants calling themselves by these names swarmed over Western Europe.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
beg
A Turkish title, rather vague in its import, and commonly given to superior military officers, ship-captains, and distinguished foreigners. More strictly, it applies to the governor of a small district, who bears a horse-tail as a sign of his rank. Beglerbeg, or more correctly Beilerbegi (“lord of lords”), is the title given to the governor of a province who bears three horse-tails as his badge of honor, and has authority over several begs, agas, etc.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BEG
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Beg is ranked #36099 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Beg surname appeared 621 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Beg.
71.8% or 446 total occurrences were Asian.
18% or 112 total occurrences were White.
5.6% or 35 total occurrences were of two or more races.
3.3% or 21 total occurrences were Black.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BEG' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3066
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BEG' in Verbs Frequency: #734
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of BEG in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of BEG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of BEG in a Sentence
Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes:
I humbly beg forgiveness from the people of France, the staff and security of the Bataclan, my fans, family, friends and anyone else hurt or offended by the absurd accusations I made in my Fox Business Channel interview, the shame is 100% mine. I've been dealing with nonstop nightmares and struggling through therapy to make sense of this tragedy and insanity. I haven't been myself since November 13. I realize there's no excuse for my words, but for what it's worth: I am sincerely sorry for having hurt, disrespected or accused anyone.
I said, ‘Please, give me the chance. I beg you. Because the writing was so strong. Buck Henry — I mean, come on. Talk about great writing.
A dog cannot talk and cannot say what he is suffering from. A dog doesn't know to beg. A human, worst-case scenario, can at least steal to stay alive. They can explain themselves. A dog has no chances in a city like this.
Why did Mitt Romney BEG me for my endorsement four years ago?
He is super excited to see a big bunch of bootlickers going to bow before him and beg undue business favour from him and a lot of prepaid people will be brought to stand on both sides of road to wave and do slogan for him.
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- bedelAfrikaans
- تسول, استجدى, احتملArabic
- бег, прося, умолявам, изпросвам, моляBulgarian
- suplicar, pregar, mendicar, pidolarCatalan, Valencian
- prositCzech
- betteln, anflehenGerman
- ɖekukuEwe
- ικετεύω, ζητιανεύω, επαιτώGreek
- mendigar, rogar, suplicarSpanish
- pyytää, kärttää, kerjätä, anella, beg, anoaFinnish
- mendier, quémander, implorer, quêter, supplierFrench
- לקבץ נדבות, התחנן, לבקשHebrew
- निवेदन करनाHindi
- bég, könyörög, koldul, kéregetHungarian
- աղաչել, մուրալArmenian
- mendicar, implorarInterlingua
- minta-minta, mengemis, mohon, mintaIndonesian
- elemosinare, mendicare, implorare, pregareItalian
- 頼む, 物乞いJapanese
- მუდარა, ხვეწნაGeorgian
- mendicare, rogareLatin
- pikoni, pīnono, minene, mīnonoMāori
- smeken, bedelenDutch
- błagać, żebrać, prosićPolish
- suplicar, mendigarPortuguese
- cerși, rugaRomanian
- побираться, попросить, попрошайничать, умолять, проситьRussian
- moliti, zamoliti, prositiSerbo-Croatian
- žobraťSlovak
- bönfalla, be, tiggaSwedish
- ขอทาน, ขอร้องThai
- magpalimosTagalog
- begön, lubegönVolapük
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