to start
- verb
- /stɑrt/
- To improve your health, you should start exercising regularly.
- get started
- just started
- start again
Where do I even start with this, Kirk?
- Where do I even start with this, Kirk?
- As we say in New York, start selling more shoes.
- And then, you know, I started to learn about fraud.
- And the answer is, I think start very, very small.
- And I've heard it can start growing down your legs.
- Well, why don't we start with why bread matters?
- All right, so let me start with this angle of it.
- As night comes, things start to get violent.
Examples
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It's just you got to start thinking about your future.
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Tomorrow morning I want you to start work on a completely new project, Mr Farnsworth.
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You want to start early, start short and stay short.
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OK, the real closer look is going to start now.
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But well, we can just start with this.
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When you leave this class, start your reading for next week.
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Now I have to start all over.
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Dr. Lee believes the most effective way to start is by talking to your doctor.
Academic text (2015) -
Well, why don't we start with why bread matters?
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Temple was one of the first universities to start using sponsored content at BuzzFeed.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
To start an activity, event, or speech
To begin an event or activity
To begin doing something, for example a task or meeting
To start something such as a project or discussion
To start doing something or to leave
To cause something to start or happen
To begin a job, project, or career
To start working after being switched on
To begin a job, activity, or hobby
To start doing work or a task seriously
To begin something
To start or create something
Begin to work and serve customers, like a shop or theater
To start an event or activity, often officially
To start a new project, activity or journey that is often big and difficult
To begin a journey to go to another place
To begin a journey toward a place
Start working, like lights or an alarm
Start a project or business successfully so it begins to work
To make a machine or system begin to work
To make something begin to move or happen
To start doing something in a determined way
To start a meeting or project by taking the first step
To make a stopped activity or project begin again with energy
To start an event or activity, for example a speech
To make something begin or become active quickly and with energy
Help a project, plan, or the economy begin quickly
To start something quickly and give it extra energy to grow
To begin a journey to a place
Begin speaking or acting quickly with energy about a topic
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To begin a plan or project again from the start after a failure
Phrasal Verbs
To start a car engine that has a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
Compounds
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
A low position close to the ground that runners use before a race to start quickly
- Specialized
A lever on a motorcycle that you press with your foot to start the engine
A one-time payment from the UK government to help with baby costs for parents who meet certain rules
How Seriously
Surface Forms
Etymology
Start comes from an old word meaning 'to jump' or 'move suddenly', so you can think of something 'jumping into action' when it begins — that's why start means 'to begin' or set something in motion.