Meaning

11 senses

  1. The beginning of an activity.

    The movie was entertaining from start to finish.

    Beginn, Anfang

    нача́лоnačálo, стартstart

    поча́токpočátok

    the beginning of anything

  2. A sudden involuntary movement.

    He woke with a start.

    Ruck

    рыво́кryvók

    a sudden involuntary movement

  3. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.

    Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.

    Start

    стартstart

    a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

  4. An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.

    Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.

  5. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.

  6. An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.

    to get, or have, the start

  7. An instance of starting.

    the act of starting something

  8. A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.

  9. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.

  10. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

  11. (UK, archaic, slang)A happening or proceeding.

Examples

13666 sentences

  1. We'll start whenever you are ready.

    Розпочнемо, як тільки ти будеш готовий. — deniko

    ruМы начнём, как только вы будете готовы. — Olya

    deWir fangen an, sobald du fertig bist. — Hans_Adler

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  2. We have to start at once.

    Ми маємо розпочати просто зараз. — deniko

    ruМы должны начать немедленно. — marafon

    deWir müssen sofort anfangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. What time will the game start?

    О котрій годині розпочнеться матч? — deniko

    ruКогда начнётся состязание? — Tonari

    deWann beginnt das Spiel? — ysmalan

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  4. The concert is about to start.

    Концерт скоро розпочнеться. — deniko

    ruКонцерт скоро начнется. — redscorp

    deDas Konzert fängt gleich an. — Wolf

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  5. School starts in September in Europe.

    У Європі зайняття у школі розпочинаються у вересні. — deniko

    ruВ Европе занятия в школе начинаются в сентябре. — marafon

    deIn Europa fängt die Schule im September an. — Fingerhut

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
beginning of an activity:
Русский
By meaning 2
beginning of an activity:
sudden involuntary movement:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
beginning of an activity:
sudden involuntary movement:
beginning point of a race:

Origin

From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below. From M

From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below.

From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out”), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan (“to startle, move, set in motion”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble”), Middle Dutch sterten (“to rush, fall, collapse”) (Dutch storten), Old High German sturzen (“to hurl, plunge, turn upside down”) (German stürzen), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude”). More at stare.

From Middle English stert, start (“tail, handle, projection”), from Old English steort (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *stert, from Proto-Germanic *stertaz (“tail”). Cognate with Scots start, stairt (“side post, shaft, upright post”), Dutch staart (“tail”), German Sterz (“tail, handle”), Danish stjert (“tail of a bird”), Faroese stertur (“tail”), Icelandic stertur (“short horse tail”), Norn skjårt (“tail”), sterti (“tail of a large fish”), stjårt (“tail of a large fish”), Norwegian stjert (“tail of a bird”), Swedish stjärt (“tail, arse”).

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Forms

plural: starts
Singularstart
Pluralstarts

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning):starting
  • the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race):head start
  • a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game:starting linescratchscratch line
  • the act of starting something:beginningcommencement
  • a signal to begin (as in a race):starting signal
  • a sudden involuntary movement:startlejump

Antonyms

1 antonyms
finish

Word family

56 related words
Relatedget startedjump-startstart offstart onstart outstart up
Derivedalpine startblack startblackstartdown startfalse startflying startforestartfresh starthill startjackrabbit startmass startmulti-startnight startone-startprestartpull startquality startquickstartrecoil startrolling startrunning startshotgun startsleep startstanding start

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • start doing doing
  • started crying
  • going to start
  • started raining
  • starting to get
  • started working
  • is starting to
  • started studying
  • starting to feel
  • started working here
  • who started the
  • the meeting starts

See also

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