start

Meaning

1. The beginning of an activity.
2. A sudden involuntary movement.
3. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
4. An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
5. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
6. An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
7. (slang) A happening or proceeding.

starting line

embark on

give a start

enter upon

starting time

scratch line

start moving

starting signal

swotch on

make a beginning

make a start

bulge out

be the first

sudden movement

begin the performance

raise the curtain

make go

hitch on

hook on

first race

first departure

absent onself from

set one’s hand to

crash into

jump-off

begin something

cause to begin

cause to start

move suddenly

collide with

walk quickly

set-out

rise from sleep

be inaugurated

absent onself

beginning the performance

initiate plans

open the curtain

originate plans

play an overture

throw oneself at

early development

repose on

set going

breaking-in

pulse-on

start in

running approach

running jump/start

set out on journey

cause to shy

be off

government activity

management personnel

take office

divide into

sally forth

opening move

start-off

begin a journey

on stream

place in operation

bully off

first move

first step

get scared

launch into

address

put into action

set fire to

starting post

make a commencement

take the first step

tremble with fear

drive on

being startled

raising the curtain

disclose

be going out

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɑːt/

From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below.

Cognate with Dutch

storten

Cognate with German

stürzen

Cognate with Dutch

staart

Cognate with German

Sterz

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Sentences

The show was a

flop from the very start .

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