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bɪˈgænbe·gan

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  1. began

    Bogan (Persian: بگعان, also Romanized as Bog‘ān; also known as Began) is a village in Bani Saleh Rural District, Neysan District, Hoveyzeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 114, in 15 families.

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  1. began

    Began is the past tense form of the verb "begin." It refers to the start or initiation of an action, event, or process.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Began

    of Begin

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Began

    bē-gan′, pa.t. of Begin.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BEGAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Began is ranked #57914 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Began surname appeared 351 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Began.

    92.8% or 326 total occurrences were White.
    4.2% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'began' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #334

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'began' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2413

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of began in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of began in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of began in a Sentence

  1. Michael Tran:

    Hedging WTI price risk often suited the risk profile well until regional bottlenecks began to emerge, which in turn exposed producers to risks that previously were not accounted for.

  2. Merrick Garland:

    It is a terrible thing and a rise in crime began last year into this year, and it's continued into this year.

  3. Joanna Fikus:

    After this speech, this huge wave of anti-Semitic campaign began.

  4. Mohsin Dawar:

    From the day we arrived they [the Rangers] began arresting our supporters.

  5. Delta Air Lines on Monday:

    A power outage in Atlanta, which began at 2:38 a.m. ET (0638 GMT), has impacted Delta computer systems and operations worldwide, resulting in flight delays and cancellations today, delta's information technology team is working to resolve the problem.

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