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start
English
- 🔊 a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)“he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital”
- 🔊 the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)“with an hour's start he will be hard to catch”
- 🔊 the beginning of anything“it was off to a good start”
- 🔊 a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- 🔊 the act of starting something“he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations”
- 🔊 a signal to begin (as in a race)“the starting signal was a green light”
- 🔊 a sudden involuntary movement“he awoke with a start”
- 🔊 the time at which something is supposed to begin“they got an early start”
- 🔊 play in the starting lineup
- 🔊 get off the ground“Who started this company?”
- 🔊 get going or set in motion“We simply could not start the engine”
- 🔊 begin or set in motion“I start at eight in the morning”
- 🔊 bulge outward“His eyes popped”
- 🔊 begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job“Take up a position”
- 🔊 begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object“begin a cigar”
- 🔊 have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense“The DMZ begins right over the hill”
- 🔊 have a beginning characterized in some specified way“The novel begins with a murder”
- 🔊 set in motion, cause to start“The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”
- 🔊 bring into being“He initiated a new program”
- 🔊 move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm“She startled when I walked into the room”
- 🔊 leave“The family took off for Florida”
- 🔊 take the first step or steps in carrying out an action“We began working at dawn”
Spanish
- 🔊 empiece start
- 🔊 empiezo start
- 🔊 decentar to start
- 🔊 empezar to start
- 🔊 originar to start
- 🔊 inicio start, initiation
- 🔊 empezar to start, to begin
- 🔊 incoar to start, commence (a trial)
- 🔊 empezar to start, begin, to get started
- 🔊 incoación start, or commencement, or initiation
- 🔊 abrir to start, open, open up, set up (a business, restaurant, etc.)
- 🔊 emprender to start, to launch, to initiate, to begin (e.g. a project, an investigation, a business venture, a negotiation)