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start

Pronunciation: /stɑːt/

The English word “start” has 20 meanings listed here.

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.

verb

  1. To set in motion.
  2. To begin.
  3. To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
  4. To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
  5. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
  6. To have its origin (at), begin.
  7. To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
  8. To awaken suddenly.
  9. To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
  10. To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
  11. To put into play.
  12. To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
  13. To begin one's menstrual cycle.

Etymology

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

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