Start Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The entrepreneurs worked tirelessly to start up a new tech firm in the city.
- The innovators start up community projects by investing their own savings.
- Their ambitious project was slow to start up due to funding issues.
- The entrepreneurs used their seed money to start up a sustainable energy company.
- It took months of planning to start up the eco-friendly products business.
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Meaning 2
Get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The captain had trouble trying to start up the old yacht's engine.
- Please start up the machine as soon as the engineer finishes the inspection.
- It was a cold morning and my dad had a hard time trying to start up the car.
- The pilot prepared to start up the jet's engines for takeoff.
- The IT team was called to start up the company's backup servers after the network crashed.