Start

Noun

 * 1) The beginning of an activity.
 * The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
 * 1) A sudden involuntary movement.
 * He woke with a start.
 * 1) The beginning point of a race.
 * 2) An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
 * Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.

Verb

 * 1)  To set in motion.
 * 2)  To begin.
 * 3)  To initiate a vehicle or machine.
 * 4)  To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
 * 5)  To begin an activity.
 * The rain started at 9:00.
 * 1)  To jerk suddenly in surprise.
 * 2)  To awaken suddenly.
 * 3) * Mary Shelley:
 * I started from my sleep with horror
 * 1)  To break away, to come loose.
 * 2) * 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin 1985, p. 66:
 * we could, with the greatest ease as well as clearness, see all objects (ourselves unseen) only by applying our eyes close to the crevice, where the moulding of a panel had warped or started a little on the other side.

Antonyms

 * stop

Derived terms

 * starter

Adjectives for Start
theatrical; undisguised; palpable; rheumatic; infinite; hopeful; reluctant; convulsive; guilty; running;  involuntary;  troubled; vigorous; tremulous; slight; longing; answering; painful; terrified; sudden; fitful.

Adverbs for Start
violently; precipitately; perceptibly; distractedly; simultaneously; impetuously; reluctantly; jauntily; involuntarily; tremulously; fitfully.

Thesaurus
A, activate, advance, advantage, aid, allowance, alpha, arise, assistance, attack, avoid, backing, base, basis, be off, be startled, beat, beget, begin, beginning, beginnings, birth, blanch, blast away, blast off, blast-off, blench, blink, bob, boggle, bolt, border line, bounce, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break, break boundary, break open, break up, breakoff point, bring before, bring forward, bring up, broach, buck, buckjump, bulge, bundle, bundle off, burst, capriole, carry away, ceiling, chance, chase, circumscription, clear, coign of vantage, come apart, come off, come undone, come unstuck, come up, commence, commencement, commend to attention, compass, confine, constitute, course, crack, crack up, create, creation, cringe, crop up, curvet, cutoff, cutoff point, cutting edge, dart, dawn, dawning, deadline, deadwood, delimitation, depart, determinant, develop, disintegrate, dive in, dive into, division line, dodge, dog, draw, draw back, drive, drop, duck, edge, embark, embark on, emerge, emergence, encouragement, end, enter, enter on, enter upon, establish, establishment, evade, extremity, fade, falcon, fall back, fall off, fall to, fall to pieces, father, fight shy, financing, finish, fissure, flick, flinch, flip, flirt, float, floor, flounce, flush, fly apart, flying start, follow the hounds, found, foundation, founding, fowl, fracture, fresh start, frontier, genesis, get busy, get going, get loose, get off, get to, get under way, get with it, give a start, give away, give birth to, give way, go, go ahead, go forth, go hunting, go to it, go to pieces, gun, handicap, hang back, hawk, head into, head start, hedge, help, high-water mark, hippety-hop, hit the road, hitch, hop, hop to it, hound, hunt, hunt down, hurdle, inaugurate, inauguration, inception, initiate, initiation, inside track, institute, institution, interface, introduce, issue, issue forth, jack, jacklight, jar, jerk, jib, jig, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jump, jump a mile, jump off, jump over, jump to it, jump-off, kick off, kick-off, launch, launch into, lay before, lead, leading edge, leap, leap over, leapfrog, leave, light into, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, line of departure, low-water mark, lower limit, make a motion, march, mark, mete, moot, move, negotiate, new departure, odds, offer a resolution, oncoming, onset, open, open up, opening, opportunity, organize, origin, originate, origination, outbreak, outset, outsetting, outstart, overjump, overleap, overskip, panic, peel off, pitch in, pitch into, pluck, plunge into, point of departure, port of embarkation, pose, postulate, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, prefer, proceed, propose, proposition, propound, protrude, prowl after, pull back, put forth, put forward, put in motion, put it to, quail, recoil, recommend, reel back, retreat, ride to hounds, rise, run, running start, rupture, sail into, sally, sally forth, send, send forth, send off, send-off, set about, set afloat, set agoing, set at, set before, set forth, set forward, set going, set in, set in motion, set off, set on foot, set out, set sail, set to, set to work, set up, setoff, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, sheer off, shikar, shock, shoot, shrink, shrink back, shy, sidestep, skedaddle, ski jump, skip, snap, snatch, something extra, something in reserve, split, sponsorship, sport, spring, spring a leak, spring apart, square one, squinch, stalk, stampede, start aside, start back, start going, start in, start off, start out, start up, start-off, starting, starting gate, starting line, starting place, starting point, starting post, startle, steeplechase, stick out, still-hunt, strike out, submit, sudden pull, suggest, swerve, switch on, tackle, take off, take on, take up, take-off, takeoff, target date, term, terminal date, terminus, threshold, time allotment, track, trail, turn, turn aside, turn on, turn to, tweak, twitch, undertake, unravel, updive, upleap, upper hand, upper limit, upspring, vantage, vantage ground, vantage point, vault, wade into, weasel, weasel out, whip hand, wince, wrench, yank, yerk

Etymology 1
stert:

Etymology 2
From sterten:, from  styrtan:, from, causative of , from. Cognate with stirta:,  sterten:,  sturzen:,  sterzan:. More at.

Noun

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: نجمة
 * Armenian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:, upphaf
 * Ido: komenco
 * Inari Sami:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, スタート
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: început
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: simula
 * Tamil: தொடங்கு


 * Finnish: hätkähdys
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: نجمة
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: der Start
 * Greek: αφετηρία (afetiría), εκκίνηση (ekkínisi)
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: upphaf


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: スタート地点
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: početak, polazište
 * Spanish: salida
 * Tagalog: simula


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Serbian: polazište


 * : begin
 * : der Anfang
 * : partenza, inizio
 * : initium


 * : tresărire
 * : entschatta, cumenzament, principi
 * : మొదలు (modalu), ప్రారంభం (praaraMbhaM)

Verb

 * Finnish: panna liikkeelle
 * Galician: comezar
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: elindul,
 * Old French:


 * Polish: ruszyć
 * Russian: запускать (zapuskát'), запустить (zapustít')
 * Serbian: zapustiti, pustiti, navesti
 * Spanish: ,


 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: başlamaq
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: comezar
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:


 * Japanese:, ;
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: ,
 * Norwegian: begynne
 * Old French:
 * Polish: zacząć
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,   ,  ,
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: započeti, načnuti, načeti
 * Spanish: ,


 * American Sign Language:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: iniciar, arrancar
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian: elindul,, startol
 * Japanese: 始動する
 * Polish: uruchomić,
 * Russian: запускать (zapuskát'), запустить (zapustít')
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: սկսվել
 * Finnish: alkaa, aloittaa, käynnistyä (of motors)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:, פצח
 * Hungarian:


 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Old French:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: начинаться (načinát's'a), начаться (načát's'a) , стартовать (startovát') and
 * Serbian: početi, započeti
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: hrökkva við
 * Japanese: びくっとする
 * Polish: poderwać się


 * Russian: дёргаться (d'órgat's'a), дёрнуться (d'órnut's'a)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: trznuti, trgnuti
 * Swedish: rycka till


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hrökkva upp


 * Japanese: 飛び起きる


 * : començar
 * : 開始/开始
 * : starten, beginnen, aanvangen
 * : commencer, débuter and also initier, entamer
 * : starten (at a race), anfangen, zusammenzucken
 * : komencar
 * : cominciare


 * : começar
 * : tresări, porni, începe
 * : entschaiver, cumanzar, iniziar
 * : starta, börja
 * : మొదలుపెట్టు (modalupeTTu), ప్రారంభించు (praaraMbhiMchu)
 * : Bắt đầu

Anagrams

 * tarts

Noun
start


 * 1) start

Noun

 * 1) start beginning point of a race

Related terms

 * připravit se, pozor, start

Verb
start



Noun

 * 1)  start (the beginning of a race)
 * 2)  takeoff
 * Z niecierpliwością czekałam na start samolotu do Paryża.
 * I was impatiently waiting for the plane to Paris to take off. (=for its take-off)
 * 1) participation
 * Większość kibiców ucieszyła się, że zdecydował się on na start w zawodach.
 * Most fans were happy to hear that he had decided to take part in the competition.

Derived terms

 * startować &mdash; verb to start
 * startowy &mdash; adjective starting, take-off
 * falstart (m) &mdash; noun false start

Noun

 * 1) start; beginning (of a race)
 * 2) the act of turning (an engine) on

Related terms

 * starta