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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 |