Transcription
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- [stahrt]
- /stɑrt/
- /stɑːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stahrt]
- /stɑrt/
Definitions of start word
- verb without object start to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity. 1
- verb without object start to appear or come suddenly into action, life, view, etc.; rise or issue suddenly forth. 1
- verb without object start to spring, move, or dart suddenly from a position or place: The rabbit started from the bush. 1
- verb without object start to be among the entrants in a race or the initial participants in a game or contest. 1
- verb without object start to give a sudden, involuntary jerk, jump, or twitch, as from a shock of surprise, alarm, or pain: The sudden clap of thunder caused everyone to start. 1
- verb without object start to protrude: eyes seeming to start from their sockets. 1
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Origin of start
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; (v.) Middle English sterten to rush out, leap (cognate with Middle High German sterzen); replacing Old English styrtan (attested once), cognate with German stürzen; (noun) Middle English stert(e) sudden jerk, leap, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Start
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
start popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
start usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for start
noun start
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- alpha — the first letter in the Greek alphabet (Α, α), a vowel transliterated as a
- begetter — The begetter of something has caused this thing to come into existence.
- birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- blastoff — Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
verb start
- absented — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absenting — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absents — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
Antonyms for start
verb start
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
noun start
- abolition — The abolition of something such as a system or practice is its formal ending.
- absolutes — free from imperfection; complete; perfect: absolute liberty.
- abuttal — abuttals. those parts of one piece of land that abut on adjacent lands; boundaries. Also, buttals. Law. the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to adjacent lands.
- abuttals — the boundaries of a plot of land where it abuts against other property
- accomplishment — An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
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