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| Sounds | staa'rt |
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| Rhymes | apart, art, Bart, and 32 more rhymes in aart at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The beginning of anything. |
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| Examples | "it was off to a good start" |
| Narrower | adrenarche; menarche; thelarche; onset, oncoming; dawn, morning; flying start, running start; opener; alpha; opening, opening night, curtain raising; kickoff, send-off, start-off; racing start |
| Broader | beginning |
| Verbs | start; start; start; start; start; start; start; start |
| Meaning | The time at which something is supposed to begin. |
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| Examples | "they got an early start" |
| Synonyms | beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset |
| Narrower | birth; incipiency, incipience; terminus a quo, starting point; threshold |
| Broader | point, point in time |
| Contrary | middle; end, ending |
| Verbs | start; start; start; start; start; start |
| Meaning | A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning). |
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| Examples | "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" |
| Synonyms | starting |
| Broader | turn, play |
| Verbs | start |
| Meaning | A sudden involuntary movement. |
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| Examples | "he awoke with a start" |
| Synonyms | startle, jump |
| Narrower | startle response, startle reaction; startle reflex, Moro reflex; wince, flinch |
| Broader | reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction |
| Verbs | start |
| Meaning | The act of starting something. |
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| Synonyms | beginning, commencement |
| Narrower | springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure; activation; attack, tone-beginning; constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation; Creation; introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry; face-off; first step, initiative, opening move, opening; groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony; housing start; icebreaker; inauguration, startup; initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration; installation, installing, installment, instalment; jump ball; kickoff; resumption, recommencement; scrum, scrummage; startup |
| Broader | change of state |
| Contrary | finish, finishing |
| Verbs | start; start; start; start; start; start; start; start; start |
| Meaning | A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game. |
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| Synonyms | starting line |
| Broader | line |
| Meaning | A signal to begin (as in a race). |
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| Examples | "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start" |
| Synonyms | starting signal |
| Broader | signal, signaling, sign |
| Meaning | Advantage gained by an early start as in a race. |
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| Examples | "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" |
| Synonyms | head start |
| Broader | advantage, vantage |
| Meaning | Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
| Model | They start moving; They start to move |
| Examples | "Who will start?" |
| Synonyms | get down, begin, get, start out, set about, set out, commence |
| Narrower | recommence; strike out; fall; jump off; get to; auspicate; attack; break in; plunge, launch; come on; embark, enter; get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling |
| Contrary | end, terminate |
| Similar to | begin |
| Nouns | starter; start; start; start |
| Meaning | Set in motion, cause to start. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East" |
| Synonyms | begin, lead off, commence |
| Cause to | begin, start |
| Narrower | jumpstart, jump-start; recommence; inaugurate, usher in, introduce; set off; start, start up, embark on, commence |
| Contrary | end, terminate |
| Similar to | begin |
| Nouns | start; start; start |
| Meaning | Leave. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | These cars won't start |
| Synonyms | depart, part, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off |
| Narrower | take off, lift off; roar off; blaze, blaze out; sally forth, sally out |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away |
| Meaning | Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" |
| Synonyms | begin |
| Caused by | begin, lead off, start, commence |
| Narrower | erupt, break out; bud; break out; set in, kick in; dawn; originate |
| Contrary | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease |
| Similar to | begin, start; begin |
| Nouns | start; start; start |
| Meaning | Bring into being. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Start a foundation" |
| Synonyms | originate, initiate |
| Narrower | lead up, initiate; set; go back, date back, date from |
| Broader | make, create |
| Nouns | starter; start; start; start |
| Meaning | Get off the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Who started this company?"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" |
| Synonyms | start up, embark on, commence |
| Narrower | inaugurate, kick off; open |
| Broader | begin, lead off, start, commence |
| Nouns | start; start; start |
| Meaning | Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She startled when I walked into the room" |
| Synonyms | startle, jump |
| Narrower | shy; boggle; rear back |
| Broader | move |
| Nouns | start |
| Meaning | Get going or set in motion. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" |
| Synonyms | start up |
| Cause to | start, go, get going |
| Narrower | hot-wire; restart; crank, crank up; jumpstart, jump-start, jump |
| Contrary | stop |
| Meaning | Begin or set in motion. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I start at eight in the morning" |
| Synonyms | go, get going |
| Caused by | start, start up |
| Narrower | go on, come up, come on; get off the ground, take off |
| Contrary | stop, halt |
| Meaning | Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "start a new job" |
| Synonyms | take up |
| Narrower | take office |
| Nouns | start; start; start |
| Meaning | Play in the starting line-up. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Category | sport, athletics |
| Broader | play |
| Nouns | start, starting; start |
| Meaning | Have a beginning characterized in some specified way. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | begin |
| Broader | be |
| Similar to | begin, start; begin, start; begin |
| Nouns | start; start |
| Meaning | Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" |
| Synonyms | begin |
| Broader | act, move |
| Similar to | begin, start |
| Nouns | start; start |