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start
1[ stahrt ]
verb (used without object)
- to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- to appear or come suddenly into action, life, view, etc.; rise or issue suddenly forth.
- to spring, move, or dart suddenly from a position or place:
The rabbit started from the bush.
- to be among the entrants in a race or the initial participants in a game or contest.
- to give a sudden, involuntary jerk, jump, or twitch, as from a shock of surprise, alarm, or pain:
The sudden clap of thunder caused everyone to start.
- to protrude:
eyes seeming to start from their sockets.
- to spring, slip, or work loose from place or fastenings, as timbers or other structural parts.
verb (used with object)
- to set moving, going, or acting; to set in operation:
to start an automobile; to start a fire.
- to establish or found:
to start a new business.
Synonyms:
- to begin work on:
to start a book.
Antonyms: ,
- to enable or help (someone) set out on a journey, a career, or the like:
The record started the young singer on the road to stardom.
- to cause or choose to be an entrant in a game or contest:
He started his ace pitcher in the crucial game.
- to cause (an object) to work loose from place or fastenings.
- to rouse (game) from its lair or covert; flush.
- to draw or discharge (liquid or other contents) from a vessel or container; empty (a container).
- Archaic. to cause to twitch, jump, or flinch involuntarily; startle.
noun
- a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
Synonyms: ,
- a signal to move, proceed, or begin, as on a course or in a race.
- a place or time from which something begins.
- the first part or beginning segment of anything:
The start of the book was good but the last half was dull.
- an instance of being a participant in a race or an initial participant in a game or contest:
The horse won his first two starts.
- a sudden, springing movement from a position.
- a sudden, involuntary jerking movement of the body:
to awake with a start.
Synonyms: ,
- a lead or advance of specified amount, as over competitors or pursuers.
- the position or advantage of one who starts first:
The youngest child should have the start over the rest.
- a chance, opportunity, aid, or encouragement given to one starting on a course or career:
The bride's parents gave the couple a start by buying them a house.
- a spurt of activity.
- a starting of parts from their place or fastenings in a structure.
- the resulting break or opening.
- an outburst or sally, as of emotion, wit, or fancy.
START
2[ stahrt ]
noun
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
START
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acronym for
- Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
start
2/ ²õ³Ùɑ˳٠/
verb
- to begin or cause to begin (something or to do something); come or cause to come into being, operation, etc
he started a quarrel
they started to work
- whenintr, sometimes foll by on to make or cause to make a beginning of (a process, series of actions, etc)
they started on the project
- sometimes foll by up to set or be set in motion
he started up the machine
- intr to make a sudden involuntary movement of one's body, from or as if from fright; jump
- intr; sometimes foll by up, away, etc to spring or jump suddenly from a position or place
- to establish or be established; set up
to start a business
- tr to support (someone) in the first part of a venture, career, etc
- to work or cause to work loose
- to enter or be entered in a race
- intr to flow violently from a source
wine started from a hole in the cask
- tr to rouse (game) from a hiding place, lair, etc
- intr (esp of eyes) to bulge; pop
- an archaic word for startle
- informal.intr to commence quarrelling or causing a disturbance
- to start within the first place
noun
- the first or first part of a series of actions or operations, a journey, etc
- the place or time of starting, as of a race or performance
- a signal to proceed, as in a race
- a lead or advantage, either in time or distance and usually of specified extent, in a competitive activity
he had an hour's start on me
- a slight involuntary movement of the body, as through fright, surprise, etc
she gave a start as I entered
- an opportunity to enter a career, undertake a project, etc
- informal.a surprising incident
- a part that has come loose or been disengaged
- by fits and startsspasmodically; without concerted effort
- for a startin the first place
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of start1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of start1
Idioms and Phrases
- false start
- fits and starts
- for openers (starters)
- (start) from scratch
- from soup to nuts (start to finish)
- get off the ground (to a flying start)
- head start
- running start
- to start with
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
After he starts the washing machine, the water supply coming out of his kitchen tap turns to a trickle.
He has nine assists now this season and has started every game since week 14.
And the initial expectation was that he would be available for the start of the team’s Philadelphia-Washington D.C. road trip Friday.
"He wanted to win, and the wrong advice went to his head. He started to think he was engaged in a war."
Last year, on 17 September, at around 15:30, a pager which a nurse called Adam was given at the start of his shift at a hospital in Lebanon received a message.
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