kickoff
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈkɪkˌɔf/
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- WOMAN [ON TV]: This is really the kickoff to the holiday season here in downtown Seattle.
- a kickoff event
So please join me in welcoming them to our kickoff plenary.
- So please join me in welcoming them to our kickoff plenary.
- Turns out Ed Sheeran, AKA soft rock Sam Gamgi, was the headliner for the NF LS Kickoff concert, which is a bit of a weird collab.
- We'll be back doing the Kickoff all of July.
Examples
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Coming up in a half hour on NewsSix at Seven, Governor Slater's campaign kickoff rally ...
Fiction book (1992) -
The kickoff for the annual music festival will take place at noon in the city park.
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The opening kickoff is coming up next.
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And I believe that we are set now for the kickoff... and you are about to see it live.
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I hope you have an amazing day and we will see you tomorrow for the kickoff for Anxiety Week.
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This is the kickoff, and we are underway.
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The acceptance speech is the formal conclusion of the convention and serves as the official kickoff of the presidential campaign.
Academic text (2003) -
I am standing inside Plaza Mayor in Salamanca, Spain where crowds have lined up for the kickoff of what is without question a landmark summit.
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The mentoring program in Henrico County begins with an annual kickoff event where mentees and mentors formally meet each other.
Academic text (2013) -
Thousands of fans gathered at the stadium early for the kickoff of the championship game.
Synonyms
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1.0
The first part of something when it starts
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1.0
The time or place when something begins
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1.0
The first part that marks the start of something, for example a ceremony
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4.9
A first public appearance by a person or thing
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2.8
The time when a performance or event is set to start
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3.0
A place, time, or situation that people use as a basis for later action
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2.5
The first event in a series, often a performance or game
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3.9
The beginning of something, especially the first part
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6.0
An official ceremony to mark the start of a leader's term or the opening of an important place
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6.9
The very start of an activity or project
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3.4
The act of starting a machine, process, or system
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4.4
The start of something, for example an event or action
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4.1
The place or time where an event begins
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1.8
The planned time when something begins
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3.5
A sound or light that shows the start of a race
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5.6
A short event or performance that comes before the main show
The first moment when a race or event begins
Antonyms
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kickoff comes from sports, where a game begins with a kick from the center, and the word is simply kick + off, meaning the 'start' or official beginning of something. So when people talk about a project's kickoff, they mean its planned or official start.