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- [stahrt uhp]
- /stɑrt ʌp/
- /stɑːt ʌp/
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- [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
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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
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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.
See also
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