English Explanatory Dictionary

start

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. A happening or proceeding.
  8. Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
verb
  1. To begin, commence, initiate.
  2. To set in motion.
  3. To begin.
  4. To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
  5. To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
  6. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
  7. To have its origin (at), begin.
  8. To move suddenly, from a previous state of rest; to startle.
  9. To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
  10. To awaken suddenly.
  11. To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
  12. To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
noun
  1. An instance of starting.
noun
  1. A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
  2. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
  3. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
adv
  1. Completely, utterly.
noun
  1. A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
name
  1. A surname from Old English.
name
  1. The city of London, England.
noun
  1. Acronym of simple triage and rapid treatment.
  2. Alternative form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
name
  1. Acronym of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Pronunciation

/stɑːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-start.wav En-uk-to start.ogg stärt /stɑɹt/ En-us-start.ogg /stɑrt/ /start/ [sta̠ɹ̠t̚] [ʃtɛ̝ɹ̠θ̠]

Word forms

start starts starting started more start most start the Start

Etymology

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

Synonyms

begin jump

Antonyms

stop end cease finish conclude complete

Related words

get started jump-start start off start on start out start up the terms derived from starting

Derived words

alpine start black start blackstart by fits and starts by starts and leaps cold start Delaware start down start false start flying start for a start forestart fresh start a standing start start to finish the start headstart hill start jackrabbit start jumpstart kickstart mass start multi-start night start one-start prestart pull start quality start quickstart recoil start rolling start running start shotgun start sleep start standing start startbox start codon startful startish start key startline startness start page startscum start time startup startword stop-start tostart two-start unstart upstart warm start whitestart autostart bump-start deadstart kick start outstart push-start
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