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(noun) a turn to be in a game at the beginning; "he missed his starting turn because of an injury"; "he got his start because the regular quarterback was in the hospital" |
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Synonyms: starting |
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Related Words: play, turn |
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(verb) play in the starting line-up, in team sports |
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Related Words: play |
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(verb) get off the ground; "Who started this company?" "We embarked on an exciting enterprise" |
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Synonyms: begin, commence, embark on, start up |
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Related Words: inaugurate, initiate, kick off, open, pioneer |
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(verb) get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine" |
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Synonyms: start up |
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Related Words: crank, crank up, hot-wire, jump, jumpstart, restart |
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Antonyms: stop |
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(verb) begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" |
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Synonyms: get going, go |
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Related Words: come on, come up, get off the ground, go on, take off |
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Antonyms: stop |
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(verb) begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" |
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Synonyms: take up |
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Related Words: take office |
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(noun) advantage gained by an early start as in a race: "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" |
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Synonyms: head start |
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Related Words: advantage, vantage |
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(noun) the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start" |
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Related Words: adrenarche, alpha, beginning, curtain raising, dawn, kickoff, menarche, morning, oncoming, onset, opener, opening, opening night, send-off, start-off |
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(noun) the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
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Synonyms: beginning, commencement |
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Related Words: Creation, accession, activation, attack, change of state, constitution, debut, entry, establishment, face-off, first appearance, first step, formation, foundation, founding, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, inauguration, initiation, initiative, installation, installing, installment, instauration, institution, introduction, jump ball, kickoff, launching, moving in, occupation, occupying, opening, opening move, organisation, organization, origination, recommencement, resumption, rise to power, scrum, scrummage, startup, tone-beginning, unveiling |
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Antonyms: finish |
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(verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense: "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" |
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Synonyms: begin |
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Related Words: break out, bud, dawn, erupt, kick in, originate, set in |
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(noun) a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting_signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start" |
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Synonyms: starting signal |
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Related Words: sign, signal, signaling |
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(noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race |
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Synonyms: starting line |
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Related Words: line |
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(verb) set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraquis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" |
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Synonyms: begin, commence, lead off |
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Related Words: inaugurate, introduce, set off, usher in |
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(noun) a sudden involuntary movement: "he awoke with a start" |
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Synonyms: jump, startle |
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Related Words: Moro reflex, flinch, physiological reaction, reflex, startle reaction, startle reflex, startle response, wince |
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(verb) bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" |
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Synonyms: initiate, originate |
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Related Words: create, date back, date from, go back, initiate, lead up, make, set |
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(verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" |
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Synonyms: jump, startle |
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Related Words: boggle, move, rear back, shy |
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(verb) leave; "The family took off for Florida" |
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Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off |
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Related Words: blaze, blaze out, go away, go forth, leave, lift off, roar off, sally forth, sally out, take off |
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(verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working as soon as the sun rises!" |
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Synonyms: begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start out |
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Related Words: attack, auspicate, bestir oneself, break in, come on, embark, enter, fall, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get to, get weaving, jump off, launch, plunge |
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(noun) the time at which something begins; "They got an early start" |
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Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, kickoff, offset, outset, starting time |
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Related Words: birth, incipience, incipiency, point, point in time, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold |
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