to start out
286
1.4
- phrasal verb
- /stɑrt aʊt/
:
empezar
- If that should happen, he will quit the partnership and start out on his own.
- start out by saying
- just starting out
- start out with two
They didn't just start out, you know, completely raw.
- They didn't just start out, you know, completely raw.
- And I just want to start out by saying one simple thing.
- And, and so I started out with a Rolex GMT.
- And I think that, did it start out as, am I the asshole?
- What they do is they start out fudging something a little bit.
- And, and he, the book starts out with this.
- I'm going to start out with team Mushroom Clout.
- And I thought I started out as like a biology major.
- That's OK When you're starting out, it's fine to make some mistakes.
- So we're going to start out with this Prada primer.
- But string theory didn't start out as a theory of everything.
- Well, it started out as like classic boy humor.
- It got me through the hardest training, starting out broken, where most people quit.
- My experience and the people I've known, you just don't start out at the top.
- Suppose each of us starts out with the same amount of money.
Examples
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Many established authors with a long list of books and articles started out by writing reviews.
Academic text (2012) -
This is not exactly the way you want to start out.
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Many of you will not start out doing good work.
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And I just want to start out by saying one simple thing.
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OK, let me start out very basic things.
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I started out pretty strong and fast.
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We are newlyweds that are just starting out.
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Many of the reformers started out as members of environmental action groups or political parties.
Academic text (1995) -
Even as a teenager starting out in the music business, he displayed an uncommon technical expertise.
Academic text (2011) -
Many people find it challenging to start out in a new career without guidance.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To begin an action, event or process
∞
1.0
To start an activity, event, or speech
481
1.8
To begin doing something, for example a task or meeting
422
2.3
To start doing something or to leave
161
4.4
To begin something
150
3.2
To start doing something with a clear aim
129
3.5
To start an event or activity, often officially
117
4.7
To start a new, important, or difficult activity
95
4.2
To start a new project, activity or journey that is often big and difficult
57
2.4
To begin a journey toward a place
21
3.4
To start doing something in a determined way
16
3.2
To begin a new business or project
10
3.8
To start an event or activity, for example a speech
Antonyms
How Far
125
1.1
∞
2.4
9
3.6
- Informal
4
7.7
286
1.4
- Informal
3
5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to take the first steps / begin' is directly and compositionally built from 'start' (to begin) with the particle 'out' conveying outward/initiation sense; the verb+particle pattern transparently signals beginning. This is a common, non-metaphorical construction found across languages, so an average B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Start out comes from the image of taking the first steps into a new job or project: you start and step out into a new path. So it means 'to take the first steps in an activity or to begin a career or project'.