Start definition
To move one's body or a part of it suddenly or involuntarily.
Started at the loud noise.
verb
(sports) To be in the initial lineup of a game or race.
verb
A place or time of beginning.
At the start of the decade.
noun
To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking.
She started to dance. The dog started barking. Once we start in, we'll get a feel for the project.
verb
To protrude or bulge.
Eyes that fairly started from their sockets in fear.
verb
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The definition of a start is the beginning or first part of something.
An example of start is the beginning of a novel.
noun
To take the first step in doing.
We start work at dawn.
verb
A startled reaction or movement.
noun
An opportunity granted to pursue a career or course of action.
noun
To have a beginning; commence.
The movie starts at nine.
verb
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To cause to become displaced or loosened.
verb
A position of advantage over others, as in a race or an endeavor; a lead.
Our rivals have a three-month start in research.
noun
To cause to jump or move suddenly; rouse or flush (game)
verb
To begin to do something or go somewhere; go into action or motion.
verb
To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
- To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.To start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.The hounds started a fox.
verb
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Start is defined as to begin, set out to appear or to move suddenly.
An example of start is to begin work on a long research project.
An example of start is how you might wake up when you are surprised and jerk when awakened.
verb
To cause to come into being; make happen or originate.
Bad wiring started the fire. The website started the rumor.
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To make a sudden, involuntary or unexpected movement, as when surprised; jump, leap, jerk, etc. in a startled way.
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To be displaced; become loose, warped, etc.
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To displace, loosen, warp, etc.
verb
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To put (a player) into the initial lineup of a game.
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To enter (a participant) into a race or game.
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An act of beginning; an initial effort.
I made a start on keeping a journal.
noun
The beginning of a new construction project.
An application for a building start.
noun
A result of an initial effort.
What we did may not sound like much, but it's a start.
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A starting line for a race.
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An instance of beginning a race.
A sprinter who improved her start.
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An instance of being in the starting lineup for a game, especially as a pitcher.
In five starts, he has three wins.
noun
To stick out or seem to stick out.
Eyes starting in fear.
verb
To spring into being, activity, view, or the like.
verb
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To make or have a beginning; commence.
verb
To introduce (a subject, topic, or discussion)
verb
To open and make the contents flow from (a receptacle); tap.
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(now chiefly dial.) To cause to start, or move involuntarily; startle.
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To enter upon; begin to perform, play, do, etc.
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To cause or enable to begin; set into motion, action, or operation.
verb
To give the starting signal for (a race) or to (the contestants in a race)
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To cause to be an entrant in a race, etc.
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To put (a player) into a game at the beginning.
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To play in (a game) at the beginning.
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A sudden, brief shock or fright; startled reaction.
noun
A sudden, startled movement; jump, leap, jerk, etc.
noun
Sudden, usually brief bursts of activity.
noun
A starting, or beginning; a getting into action or motion; commencement; specif., the fact of being part of the team that starts a game.
A pitcher with 30 starts for the season.
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An opportunity of beginning or entering upon a career, etc.
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(archaic) An outburst or fit, as of emotion, or a sally, as of wit.
noun
A part that is loosened, warped, etc.
noun
A break or gap resulting from this.
noun
A place where, or a time when, a beginning is made, as in a race; starting point.
Ahead from the start.
noun
A lead or other advantage, as at the beginning of a race or contest.
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A signal to begin, as in a race.
noun
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks.
abbreviation
An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.
noun
To begin, commence, initiate.
verb
(nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
To start a water cask.
verb
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
noun
To be among the beginning entrants, as in a race; be a starter.
verb
To become loosened or disengaged.
verb
To move on the initial part of a journey.
They started for the summit.
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To come quickly into view, life, or activity; spring forth.
The boy's tears started when the balloon popped.
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To have as an initial part or job.
I started as an assistant.
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To begin to attend.
Start school.
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To cause (someone) to have an initial position or role.
The manager started him in marketing.
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To found; establish.
Start a business.
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To tend in an early stage of development.
Start seedlings.
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To rouse (game) from its hiding place or lair; flush.
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To set into motion, operation, or activity.
Start an engine; a shot that started the race.
verb
To play in the initial lineup of (a game).
verb
A part that has become dislocated or loosened.
noun
A signal to begin a race.
noun
start a family
- To conceive or have a first child.
idiom
start in on
- To begin an activity regarding (something):Start in on a new book.
- To begin to criticize or complain about (someone or something).
idiom
(informal) start something
- To cause trouble.
idiom
to start with
- At the beginning; initially.
- In any case.
idiom
start a hare
- to bring forward an issue, question, etc. for consideration
idiom
start in
- to begin a task, activity, etc.
idiom
start out
- to start a journey
- to make a start on some course of action or procedure
idiom
start something
- to cause a disturbance or trouble
idiom
start up
- to rise up or stand suddenly, as in fright
- to come into being suddenly; spring up
- to cause (a motor, etc.) to begin running
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
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Origin of start
- Middle English sterten to move or leap suddenly from Old English styrtan ster-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out"), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start"), from Proto-Germanic *sturtijanÄ… (“to startle, move, set in motion"), causative of *stirtanÄ… (“to leap, tumble"), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *strÄ“- (“to be strong, steady, rigid, fixed"). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble"), Middle Dutch sterten (Dutch storten, “to rush, fall, collapse"), Old High German sturzen (German stürzen, “to hurl, plunge, turn upside down"), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude"). More at stare.
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle"). See below.
From Wiktionary
- The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.
From Wiktionary