start
Meaning of start
noun
- The beginning of an activity.
The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
He woke with a start.
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.
- A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
to get, or have, the start
- To begin, commence, initiate.
- To begin an activity.
The rain started at 9:00.
- To have its origin (at), begin.
The blue line starts one foot away from the wall.
- To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
- To break away, to come loose.
- To put into play.
- To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
to start a water cask
- To start one's periods (menstruation).
Have you started yet?
- A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
- A handle, especially that of a plough.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
Information about start
- The plural form of start is: starts.
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Hyphenation of start
start
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- start is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
start synonyms
Meaning beginning:
beginning, commencement, first, outset, kickoff, showtime, offset
Meaning starting:
Meaning startle:
Meaning get down:
Meaning begin:
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Meaning originate:
Meaning start up:
Meaning go:
Meaning protrude:
start antonyms
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Translation of start
- German: Beginn, Anfang, Start, starten, beginnen, anfangen, entstehen
- Italian: avvio, inizio, principio, avviare, cominciare, incominciare, iniziare, accingersi, sorgere
- French: début, commencement, commencer, débuter, démarrer
- Spanish: inicio, principio, comienzo, empezar, comenzar, iniciar, surgir, arrancar, prender, encender
- Portuguese: começo, início, princípio, começar, iniciar, arrancar
Anagrams of start
Words that rhyme with start
tart, patart, Letart, Coltart, overtart, HeartStart, astart, clubstart, headstart, jumpstart, kickstart, misstart, outstart, redstart, restart, upstart, Vansittart
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