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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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"I start at eight in the morning"verbbegin or set in motionOpposite:
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"She startled when I walked into the room"verbmove or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarmtype of:
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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:
Definition that contains start
- open start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- fire start or maintain a fire in
- fire start firing a weapon
- light start or maintain a fire in
- catch start burning
- jump start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- shy start suddenly, as from fright
- bud start to grow or develop
- crank start by cranking
- restart start an engine again, for example