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start
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- pronunciation:
- start
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- start out, start up
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
starts, starting, started |
| definition 1: |
to begin activity or operation.
The engine started immediately.We have a lot to do, so we'd better start early.Let's start with a review of what we studied last week.- antonyms:
- halt, stop
- similar words:
- begin, enter, get, launch, lead, put
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| definition 2: |
to commence; be set into process; get underway.
The session starts at noon.The English alphabet starts with the letter A.- synonyms:
- begin, commence
- antonyms:
- cease, conclude, end, finish, stop, terminate
- similar words:
- appear, break out, dawn, develop, emerge, get, kick off, launch, lead, open, originate, rise, set in, spring, sprout, take effect
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| definition 3: |
to move or react suddenly or by reflex.
The cat started at the sound.- synonyms:
- jump, spring
- similar words:
- bound, dart, dash, flinch, jerk, jolt, leap, react, recoil, shy, startle, twitch, wince
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| definition 4: |
to spring forth; appear suddenly.
The hare started from behind the bush.- synonyms:
- burst, spring
- similar words:
- appear, emerge, gush, issue, pop, pour, spout, sprout, spurt, stream, well
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| definition 5: |
to appear to come out; protrude.
Her eyes started when his name was mentioned.- synonyms:
- bulge, project, protrude
- similar words:
- extrude, jut out, pop, stick out, swell
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| related words: |
arise, bolt, catch, pick up, scare, stem |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to set in motion; cause to begin.
Who started the fight?The army started their campaign in the spring.- synonyms:
- actuate, begin, commence, initiate
- antonyms:
- cease, conclude, end, halt, stop, terminate
- similar words:
- activate, approach, establish, foment, found, ignite, inaugurate, instigate, institute, introduce, kindle, launch, lead off, mount, pioneer, set about, undertake
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| definition 2: |
to begin the first steps or stages of.
He hasn't started his homework yet.I started making dinner at five o'clock.She started to speak but then forgot what she was planning to say. |
| definition 3: |
to cause to come into existence.
My grandfather started this business.They waited a few years to start a family.It was getting cold, so they started a fire.- synonyms:
- begin, create, establish, found, initiate, originate
- antonyms:
- terminate
- similar words:
- cause, conceive, develop, engender, father, form, generate, institute, introduce, launch, mother, open, undertake
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| definition 4: |
to cause (a machine, motor, or engine) to begin operating; switch on.
Did you start the dishwasher? |
| definition 5: |
to cause (someone or something) to begin the doing of something.
The earthquake started the house shaking.The loud bang started the children screaming.- similar words:
- get, set
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| definition 6: |
to help (someone) begin a project, enterprise, or the like.
He started his brother in business.- synonyms:
- establish, sponsor
- similar words:
- assist, back, finance, help, initiate, subsidize
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| related words: |
bring, originate, pick, precipitate, preface, set, stagger, trip, usher |
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| phrase: |
start out, start up |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the commencement of something; beginning.
We're looking forward to the start of summer.He was still trying to remember his lines at the start of the play.- synonyms:
- beginning, commencement, origin
- antonyms:
- cessation, demise, end, finish, stop, stoppage, termination
- similar words:
- first, genesis, germ, inception, morning, onset, outset
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| definition 2: |
a quick, sudden, or involuntary movement.
The siren made him sit up with a start.- synonyms:
- jerk, jump
- similar words:
- shy, startle
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| definition 3: |
the place or time something begins.
The work was done all wrong, and now we have to go back to the start.- synonyms:
- beginning, origin
- antonyms:
- end, termination
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| definition 4: |
help or an opportunity provided to one pursuing some goal or activity.
She gave me my start in show business.- synonyms:
- head start, help, support
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| related words: |
birth, dawn, edge, generation, invasion, jolt, oncoming, origin, primary, threshold |
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