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What (who) is start - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
START; START (album); Starting; Start (disambiguation); The Start; Start (song); Start (album)
start
¦ verb
1. come or bring into being.
begin to do.
begin to move or travel.
begin to attend (a school, college, etc.) or engage in (an occupation).
2. cause to happen.
begin to operate.
cause or enable to begin doing something.
signal (competitors) to begin a race.
3. (start at) cost at least (a specified amount).
4. give a small jump or jerking movement from surprise.
literary move or appear suddenly.
rouse (game) from its lair.
(of eyes) bulge.
5. displace or be displaced by pressure or shrinkage.
¦ noun
1. the beginning of something.
an act of beginning.
2. an advantage given at the beginning of a race.
3. a sudden movement of surprise.
dated a surprising occurrence.
Phrases
for a start in the first place.
start something informal cause trouble.
to start with as the first thing to be taken into account.
Phrasal verbs
start in informal begin doing something.
?(start in on) N. Amer. begin to do or deal with.
?(start in on) N. Amer. attack verbally.
start off (or start someone/thing off) begin (or cause someone or something to begin) working, operating, etc.
start on
1. begin to work on or deal with.
2. informal begin to talk in a critical or hostile way to.
start over N. Amer. make a new beginning.
start out (or up) embark on a venture or undertaking.
Origin
OE styrtan 'to caper, leap', of Gmc origin.
start
(starts, starting, started)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it.
John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs...
It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden...
She started cleaning the kitchen.
= begin
VERB: V to-inf, V n/-ing, V n/-ing
•
Start is also a noun.
After several starts, she read the report properly.
N-COUNT
2.
When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time.
The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room...
The Great War started in August of that year...
All of the passengers started the day with a swim.
= begin
VERB: V prep, V prep, V n
•
Start is also a noun.
...1918, four years after the start of the Great War...
She demanded to know why she had not been told from the start.
= beginning
N-SING: the N
3.
If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.
I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States...
He started with a good holiday in Key West, Florida.
= begin
VERB: V by -ing, V with n
4.
You use start to say what someone's first job was. For example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker.
Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory...
VERB: V as n
•
Mr. Dambar had started off as an assistant to Mrs. Spear's husband.
PHRASAL VERB: V P as n
5.
When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin.
Now is probably as good a time as any to start a business.
VERB: V n
•
The cost of starting up a day care center for children ranges from $150,000 to $300,000...
He said what a good idea it would be to start a community magazine up.
= set up
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
see also start-up
6.
If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.
He started the car, which hummed smoothly...
We were just passing one of the parking bays when a car's engine started.
VERB: V n, V
•
He waited until they went inside the building before starting up the car and driving off...
Put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up...
The engine of the seaplane started up.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V P
7.
If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear.
She put the bottle on the table, banging it down hard. He started at the sound...
VERB: V
•
Start is also a noun.
Sylvia woke with a start...
He gave a start of surprise and astonishment.
N-COUNT: usu sing
8.
9.
You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention.
You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start...
PHRASE: PHR with cl/group
10.
If you get off to a good start, you are successful in the early stages of doing something. If you get off to a bad start, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something.
The new Prime Minister has got off to a good start, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be...
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now...
PHRASE: PHR with cl
12.
in fits and starts: see fit
Start
·vi A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
II. Start ·vi The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
III. Start ·vi The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
IV. Start ·noun A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
VI. Start ·vi The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
VII. Start ·noun A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
VIII. Start ·vi To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
XI. Start ·vi To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to Begin; as, to start business.
XII. Start ·vi To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
XIII. Start ·noun The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset;
- opposed to finish.
XIV. Start ·noun The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.
XV. Start ·vt To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to Dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
XVI. Start ·vt To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
Wikipedia
Start
Start can refer to multiple topics:
- Takeoff, the phase of flight where an aircraft transitions from moving along the ground to flying through the air
- Starting lineup in sports
- Standing start, and rolling start, in an auto race
Examples of use of start
1. "We want to start small and start slow," Sebastian said.
2. They‘ll start to care once they start to pay attention.
3. When I start thinking I start moving towards unhappiness.
4. Most business people think this is a good start – but only a start.
5. "We agreed with the Lebanese army that it will start deploying as the Israelis start withdrawing.