Meaning of 'start'

noun

the act of starting something

Synonyms: beginning

noun

a turn to be a starter in the beginning of a game

Example: "Occasionally young players get to start games when a more experienced player is injured."

Synonyms: starting

noun

a sudden involuntary movement

Example: "They awoke with a start."

Synonyms: jump

noun

the advantage gained by beginning early, as in a race

Example: "With an hour's start, I will be hard to catch."

Synonyms: head start

noun

a signal to begin (as in a race)

Example: "the starting signal was a green light"

Synonyms: starting signal

noun

the beginning of anything

Example: "it was off to a good start"

noun

a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

Synonyms: scratch starting line scratch line

noun

the time at which something is supposed to begin

Example: "they got an early start"

Synonyms: beginning

verb

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

Synonyms: get get down begin start out set about set out commence

verb

set in motion, cause to start

Example: "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"

Synonyms: begin

verb

play in the starting lineup

verb

bring into being

Synonyms: initiate originate

verb

get off the ground

Example: "Who started this company?"

Synonyms: commence start up embark on

verb

get going or set in motion

Example: "We simply could not start the engine"

Synonyms: start up

verb

begin or set in motion

Example: "I start at eight in the morning"

Synonyms: go get going

verb

move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

Example: "The cat started when I walked into the room."

Synonyms: jump

verb

leave

Synonyms: part blow take off set off start out set out set forth depart shove off shove along roar off

verb

bulge outward

Synonyms: pop bulge protrude come out pop out bug out

verb

begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

Synonyms: take up

verb

begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

Synonyms: begin

verb

have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

Synonyms: begin

verb

have a beginning characterized in some specified way

Synonyms: begin