Meaning

3 senses
  1. To emerge suddenly; to jump out.

  2. To be or become conspicuous; to stand out.

  3. To begin.

    He started out writing for the school magazine, and now he's a TV talk show celebrity.

More definitions
  • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  • depart for someplace

Examples

231 sentences
  1. When we started out, we only had six employees.

    Коли ми розпочали справу, то мали лишень шість робітників. — aandrusiak

    ruКогда мы начинали, у нас было всего шесть сотрудников. — marafon

    deAm Anfang hatten wir nur sechs Mitarbeiter. — freddy1

  2. I've got to start working out.

  3. I've started going out with Tom.

    ruЯ стала встречаться с Томом. — marafon

  4. We should start working out together.

  5. Your hair will start to fall out.

    ruУ тебя начнут выпадать волосы. — marafon

Forms

starts out, starting out, started out, started out
Base formstart out · to start out
3rd person singularstarts out
Present participlestarting out
Past simplestarted out
Past participlestarted out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystart out
he, she, itstarts out

Past simpleLesson

all personsstarted out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave started out
he, she, ithas started out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill start out

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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