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start verb (BEGIN)
We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock.
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- beginI'll begin working on the project this weekend.
- startHave you started your homework yet?
- commenceWe commenced listening to Uncle Jim's long story, knowing we were in for it now.
- embark on/upon somethingThat fateful morning, she embarked upon the longest solo climb in history.
- enter on/upon somethingWith his diagnosis, we entered upon the most difficult time of our lives.
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- startI always wanted to start my own business.
- start (something) up It is more attractive to start up a new enterprise than to invest in existing firms.
- set something upWe plan on setting up a new manufacturing company at the beginning of next fiscal year.
- set up shopAfter retiring, he set up shop repairing classic cars.
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- startHurry up – the film has already started.
- beginThe ceremony is about to begin.
- commenceThe meeting commenced with a moment of silence.
- openThe meeting opened with a short word of welcome to new members.
- originateThe idea for the business originated with my grandmother's recipes.
Give me your answers one by one, starting with Lucy.
start by You could start by weeding the flowerbeds.
Don't start with me - we're not going and that's that!
don't get someone started informal "It would help if Richard did some work." "Oh, don't get me started on Richard!"
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- He started as an actor, making his debut as a director in 1990.
- As soon as the war started, any broadcasts with a military theme were taken off the air.
- People have started to gossip about us.
- The party had hardly started when she left.
- Halfway through the meeting my mind started to wander.
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start verb (FIRST POINT)
start verb (MOVE SUDDENLY)
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start verb (WORK)
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Phrasal verbs
start noun (BEGINNING)
from the start We were doubtful about the product's usefulness from the start.
at the start The weather was good at the start (= in the first part) of the week.
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- beginningLet's go back to the beginning. Can you tell me when you arrived at the crime scene?
- startI didn't like him from the very start.
- endThis is it – the end of the tour.
- openingThe opening of the ceremony was marred by protest.
- commencementWhat is the commencement date of their contract?
- kick-offWhat time is the kick-off for the banquet and show?
for a start C1 UK
first, or as the first in a set of things:
used when giving a first example of something:
in start It was her seventh goal of the season in 13 starts.
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- I was standing near her at the start of the race.
- I was so optimistic at the start of the year.
- At the start of the film I was a bit sceptical.
- We've made a good start on decorating the living room.
- I'm going to make a start on sorting out these boxes.
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start noun (ADVANTAGE)
start noun (SUDDEN MOVEMENT)
with a start He woke with a start.
give a start She gave a start as I entered.
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(Definition of start from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
start | American Dictionary
start verb (BEGIN)
[ I ] We started with nothing when we got married.
[ I ] Work starts at 9:00 a.m.
[ I ] We’ll start out with Lucy (= She will be the first).
[ I ] Don’t start – I said no!
start verb (CAUSE)
start verb (MOVE SUDDENLY)
start verb (OPERATE)
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Phrasal verbs
start noun (BEGINNING)
start noun (SUDDEN MOVEMENT)
(Definition of start from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
start | Business English
prices start at/from sth Ticket prices start at €20 and go up to €100.
start with sth He started with nothing and was a millionaire by the time he was 35.
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(Definition of start from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of start
start
The model suggests that rebels start off as ordinary robbers.
When the server starts up, it parses the configuration file, and if there are no errors found, immediately starts serving requests.
Participants took a break between the two conditions and then completed the other modality, starting again with six new training items.
The reversal is supposed to start instantaneously and to run at exactly the same speed as the forward simulation.
We used principal-factor analysis (starting with squared multiple correlations as the prior communality estimates) to extract the principal factors from the 17 premenstrual symptoms.
The dashed line is the theoretical total nuclei assuming all neurons survive and astroglia start at zero.
Only then need the lawyer start to think about the nature of any kind of defence strategy.
The themes are: first, critical assessment must start from subjects' understanding; second, a modal fallacy; and third, fallacies of distribution.
At this point, things started to fall into place.
I intend my remarks as suggestions for expanding the argument - and perhaps the research - beyond the promising start made here.
We also assume without loss of generality that the path describing the boundary starts and ends at the same vertical height.
Four children under 5 years have started visiting the dentist, but the remaining ten in this age group are still too young.
Designing typically starts with these requirements, and additional external requirements are often given later in the process of design.
We start by collecting a number of useful results.
Admittedly, they represent useful starting points because they simplify the analysis.
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Collocations with start
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Following its auspicious start, medieval music retained pride of place in twentieth-century musicology.
He was injured during his 7th game and sidelined for the rest of the season, thereby snapping a 67 game consecutive start streak.
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This debate has been rather shorter than usual because of the delayed start.
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