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start up

start up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stahrt uhp]
    • /stɑrt ʌp/
    • /stɑːt ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stahrt uhp]
    • /stɑrt ʌp/

Definitions of start up words

  • noun start up the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion. 1
  • noun start up a new business venture, or a new commercial or industrial project: a small, 5-month-old Internet startup. 1
  • adjective start up of or relating to the beginning of such a venture or project, especially to an investment made to initiate it: high start-up costs for construction of a new facility. 1
  • transitivephrasal verb start up machine: switch on 1
  • transitivephrasal verb start up business: open, form 1
  • transitivephrasal verb start up project: initiate 1

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Origin of start up

First appearance:

before 1550
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1550-60; noun use of verb phrase start up

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Start up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

start up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

start up usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for start up

verb start up

  • activize — to make active
  • catch fire — to ignite
  • flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
  • found — simple past tense and past participle of find.
  • get going — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.

Antonyms for start up

verb start up

  • lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.

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