Start (Verb)
Meaning 1
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Get Moving
- Get To
- Jump Off
- Auspicate
- Break In
- Fall
- Plunge
- Recommence
- Enter
- Launch
- Get Started
- Get Cracking
- Attack
- Come On
- Embark
- Bestir Oneself
- Strike Out
- Get Rolling
- Get Going
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Meaning 2
Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 3
Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 4
Begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 5
Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 6
Get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 7
Have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 8
Bulge outward; "His eyes popped".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 9
Leave; "The family took off for Florida".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 10
Play in the starting lineup.
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 11
Set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- The government started a new program to support small businesses.
- The entrepreneur started her own clothing line after years of working for others.
- The new policy will start a series of economic reforms in the country.
- The researchers started a clinical trial to test the new vaccine.
- She started a new hobby, painting, during her retirement.
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Meaning 12
Get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 13
Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 14
Bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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- She decided to start a charity for underprivileged children in her community.
- The entrepreneurs worked together to start a small sustainable business venture.
- The team will start a new project focusing on environmental conservation next quarter.
- By graduate school, he had already begun to start a tutoring program for underclassmen.
- We must start an initiative to reduce waste in our neighborhood as soon as possible.