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start

(st/A/rt )

noun (n)

the beginning of anything(noun.event)

Example:
It was off to a good start.

source: wordnet30
the time at which something is supposed to begin(noun.time)

Example:
They got an early start.

Synonym:
beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, starting time
Antonym:
end, ending

source: wordnet30
a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)(noun.act)

Example:
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.

Synonym:
starting

source: wordnet30
a sudden involuntary movement(noun.act)

Example:
He awoke with a start.

Synonym:
jump, startle

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the act of starting something(noun.act)

Synonym:
beginning, commencement
Antonym:
finish, finishing

source: wordnet30
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game(noun.location)

Synonym:
scratch, scratch line, starting line

source: wordnet30
a signal to begin (as in a race)(noun.communication)

Example:
The starting signal was a green light.
The runners awaited the start.

Synonym:
starting signal

source: wordnet30
the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)(noun.attribute)

Example:
With an hour's start he will be hard to catch.

Synonym:
head start

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action(verb.change)

Example:
Who will start?.

Synonym:
begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out
Antonym:
end, terminate

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set in motion, cause to start(verb.change)

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

Synonym:
begin, commence, lead off

source: wordnet30
leave(verb.motion)

Synonym:
depart, part, roar off, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off

source: wordnet30
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense(verb.stative)

Example:
Prices for these homes start at $250,000.

Synonym:
begin
Antonym:
cease, end, finish, stop, terminate

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bring into being(verb.creation)

Example:
Start a foundation.

Synonym:
initiate, originate

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get off the ground(verb.creation)

Example:
Who started this company?.
I start my day with a good breakfast.
The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack.

Synonym:
commence, embark on, start up

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move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm(verb.motion)

Example:
She startled when I walked into the room.

source: wordnet30
get going or set in motion(verb.motion)

Example:
We simply could not start the engine.
Start up the computer.

Synonym:
start up
Antonym:
stop

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begin or set in motion(verb.motion)

Example:
I start at eight in the morning.

Synonym:
get going, go
Antonym:
halt, stop

source: wordnet30
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job(verb.social)

Example:
Start a new job.

Synonym:
take up

source: wordnet30
play in the starting lineup(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
have a beginning characterized in some specified way(verb.stative)

source: wordnet30
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object(verb.social)

Example:
She started the soup while it was still hot.
We started physics in 10th grade.

source: wordnet30
bulge outward(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude

source: wordnet30
To leap; to jump.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.(verb)

source: webster1913

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