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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, Grammatical Patterns
| 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.[verb + gerund
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She started to speak but then forgot what she was planning to say.[verb + infinitive
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| 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.[verb + smby/smth + present participle
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The loud bang started the children screaming.[verb + smby/smth + present participle
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- 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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