to get started
481
1.8
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt ˈstɑːrtɪd/
:
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- If you want to learn guitar, the best way to get started is to practice for at least 20 minutes a day.
- help get started
- just getting started
- difficult to get started
So without further ado, let's get started with the event.
- So without further ado, let's get started with the event.
- It actually got started before the HMO Act.
- Now when you're first getting started, it's not that easy, right?
- That's probably how life got started as a accident.
- So this is how you get started with a real research.
- OK, so we'll get started on The Great Gatsby.
Examples
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Hey, just get started today.
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So without further ado, let's get started with the event.
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So to get started, do you know why we sleep?
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The second thing is get started, OK, but start small.
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So this is how you get started with a real research.
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How do we get this thing started?
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But before you can do that, you need to know how and where to get started.
Academic text (2011) -
All right, let's get started with your career.
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All right, let's get started.
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All right, how can I get started with creating an NFT?
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To begin an action, event or process
∞
1.0
To start an activity, event, or speech
∞
2.8
Start to do or feel something
426
4.5
To start something such as a project or discussion
422
2.3
To start doing something or to leave
286
1.4
To begin a job, project, or career
231
2.0
To start doing your job, often after a delay
224
3.4
To begin a job, activity, or hobby
179
4.4
To start doing work or a task seriously
161
4.4
To begin something
150
3.2
To start doing something with a clear aim
147
2.8
Begin to like and learn about something
129
3.5
To start an event or activity, often officially
62
1.6
Start being active or hurry to do something
38
3.0
Start taking part in something quickly and with enthusiasm
38
4.2
Start a project or business successfully so it begins to work
38
3.0
To make a machine or system begin to work
36
3.5
To start moving or begin working on something
21
3.4
To start doing something in a determined way
16
2.8
To start a meeting or project by taking the first step
12
5.8
Start working quickly and with energy
10
3.8
To start an event or activity, for example a speech
3
4.9
Start doing something to gain some experience
1
5.1
To start a project or activity
To start doing something quickly
To make an effort to become active after doing nothing
Antonyms
How Quickly
- Informal
23
3.7
422
2.3
481
1.8
318
2.5
26
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
get + start
The sense 'to begin' is directly derivable from combining 'get' (enter into a state or become) with 'started' (having begun); the construction is a transparent light-verb + participle pattern that signals entering the state of having started. This composition is a common, predictable periphrasis (and has clear parallels cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Get started may come from the picture of a heavy machine or engine that needs a push or a spark to begin, so you must get the engine started before it will move. So, to get started means 'to begin' an activity or to become active.