start
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Middle English stert
Noun [edit]
start (plural starts)
- The beginning of an activity.
- The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- He woke with a start.
- The beginning point of a race.
- An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
- Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.
- 2011 February 12, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 2 - 0 Wolverhampton\”, BBC:
- Wilshere, who made his first start for England in the midweek friendly win over Denmark, raced into the penalty area and chose to cross rather than shoot - one of the very few poor selections he made in the match.
- A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
Translations [edit]
beginning of an activity
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sudden involuntary movement
beginning point of a race
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appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out”), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start”), from Proto-Germanic *sturtjanan (“to startle, move, set in motion”), causative of *stirtanan (“to leap, tumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *strē- (“to be strong, steady, rigid, fixed”). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble”), Middle Dutch sterten (Dutch storten, “to rush, fall, collapse”), Old High German sturzen (German stürzen, “to hurl, plunge, turn upside down”), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude”). More at stare.
Verb [edit]
start (third-person singular simple present starts, present participle starting, simple past and past participle started)
- (transitive) To set in motion.
- (transitive) To begin.
- (transitive) To initiate a vehicle or machine.
- (transitive) To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- (intransitive) To begin an activity.
- The rain started at 9:00.
- (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (Can we date this quote?) Mary Shelley:
- I started from my sleep with horror […]
- (Can we date this quote?) Mary Shelley:
- (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
- 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin 1985, p. 66:
- we could, with the greatest ease as well as clearness, see all objects (ourselves unseen) only by applying our eyes close to the crevice, where the moulding of a panel had warped or started a little on the other side.
- 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin 1985, p. 66:
Usage notes [edit]
- In uses 1, and 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the infinitive (to) or the gerund (-ing) form. There is no change in meaning.
- For more information, see Appendix:English catenative verbs
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to set in motion
to begin
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to initiate a vehicle or machine
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of an activity, to begin
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to jerk suddenly in surprise
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to awaken suddenly
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See also [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
Noun [edit]
start (plural starts)
- A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
- A handle, especially that of a plough.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Anagrams [edit]
Crimean Tatar [edit]
Noun [edit]
start
- start
Declension [edit]
declension of start
| nominative | start |
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| genitive | startnıñ |
| dative | startqa |
| accusative | startnı |
| locative | startta |
| ablative | starttan |
References [edit]
- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
Czech [edit]
Noun [edit]
start m
- start (beginning point of a race)
Related terms [edit]
See also [edit]
- cíl m
Danish [edit]
Noun [edit]
start c (singular definite starten, plural indefinite starter)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of start
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | start | starten | starter | starterne |
| genitive | starts | startens | starters | starternes |
Verb [edit]
start
- imperative of starte
Dutch [edit]
Verb [edit]
start
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of starten
- imperative of starten
German [edit]
Verb [edit]
start
- Imperative singular of starten.
Polish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /start/
Noun [edit]
start m
- (sports) start (the beginning of a race)
- (aviation) takeoff
- Z niecierpliwością czekałam na start samolotu do Paryża.
- I was impatiently waiting for the plane to Paris to take off. (=for its take-off)
- Z niecierpliwością czekałam na start samolotu do Paryża.
- participation
- Większość kibiców ucieszyła się, że zdecydował się on na start w zawodach.
- Most fans were happy to hear that he had decided to take part in the competition.
- Większość kibiców ucieszyła się, że zdecydował się on na start w zawodach.
Declension [edit]
declension of start
Derived terms [edit]
- startować — verb to start
- startowy — adjective starting, take-off
- falstart (m) — noun false start
Swedish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
-
audio (file)
Noun [edit]
start c
Declension [edit]
Declension of start
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- start in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Turkish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English start.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [staɾt]
- Hyphenation: start
Noun [edit]
start (definite accusative startı, plural startlar)
Antonyms [edit]
Declension [edit]
declension of start
possessive forms of start
Usage notes [edit]
As Turks are generally not easily spelling consonants at the beginning of a syllable, this word may often be spelled as IPA: [sɯtaɾt].
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