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"Who started this company?" "I start my day with a good breakfast" "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"verbget off the ground
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"they got an early start"nounthe time at which something is supposed to begintype of:
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"start a new job"verbbegin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
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"We simply could not start the engine" "start up the computer"verbget going or set in motion
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nouna line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
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"Prices for these homes start at $250,000"verbhave a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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"the starting signal was a green light" "the runners awaited the start"nouna signal to begin (as in a race)
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verbbring into being
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"he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital" "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"nouna turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
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"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"verbset in motion, cause to start
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"Who will start?"verbtake the first step or steps in carrying out an action
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"She started the soup while it was still hot" "We started physics in 10th grade"verbbegin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
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"he awoke with a start"nouna sudden involuntary movement
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"with an hour's start he will be hard to catch"nounthe advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
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"it was off to a good start"nounthe beginning of anythingtype of:
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be go get make first leave move morning play open turn part point set line fall sign act attack jump beginning begin starting enter pop introduce birth create opening signal shy dawn advantage scratch launch organization entry foundation creation alpha bud institution constitution establishment introduction initiative formation crank debut showtime depart organisation commence starter blaze initiate threshold launching plunge founding reflex opener initiation restart installation startle installment inauguration innovation erupt embark activation bulge installing offset flinch onset outset signaling instalment groundbreaking vantage originate inaugurate unveiling commencement kickoff oncoming startup deform icebreaker jackrabbit wince boggle scrum springboard protrude jumpstart origination resumption recommence embark on start up lead off kick off bug out bulge out come out pop out change form change shape get-go starting time point in time incipiency terminus a quo starting point incipience take up take office kick-start re-start jump-start hot-wire crank up scratch line starting line kick in break out set in starting signal date from lead up date back go back usher in set off get down set about set out start out break in get weaving get to get started get rolling get moving get going get cracking jump off strike out bestir oneself come on auspicate physiological reaction instinctive reflex unconditioned reflex innate reflex reflex response reflex action inborn reflex startle response startle reflex startle reaction moro reflex go on take off get off the ground come up set forth go forth go away roar off blaze out sally out lift off sally forth rear back head start change of state scrummage recommencement point of departure opening move instauration housing start groundbreaking ceremony first step first appearance face-off tone-beginning jumping-off point jump ball send-off curtain raising menarche start-off thelarche racing start flying start adrenarche opening night running start