entamer

Meaning

to begin, to start

Example

Both sides started talks the day after the vote.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 39 of them.

More words at level B2

• envergure scope, calibre
• envisager to consider, to envisage
• essor boom, rapid growth
• exigeant demanding, exacting
• favoriser to favor, to encourage
• flagrant blatant, glaring
• freiner to curb, to slow
• fructueux fruitful, productive

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