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Uncommonbeg
The correct spelling is beg.
How to pronounce beg
/bɛɡ/
nounIPA: /bɛɡ/
Say it like: Beg
The correct spelling is beg. The act of begging; an imploring request. For example: "He begged on the street corner from passers-by."
Usage Examples
“He begged on the street corner from passers-by.”
“He begged her to go to the prom with him.”
“What was the beginning of the dispute?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The act of begging; an imploring request.
- 2.A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
- 3.The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
- 4.That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- 5.That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
verb
- 1.To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- 2.To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- 3.In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- 4.In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- 5.To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
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