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start

a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"

advantage gained by an beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch"

the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"

a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

play in the starting lineup

get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"

begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"

bulge outward; "His eyes popped"

begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"

Synonyms:

• 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