start

start
[[t]stɑ͟ː(r)t[/t]]
♦
starts, starting, started
1) VERB If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it.

[V to-inf] John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs...

[V n/-ing] It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden...

[V n/-ing] She started cleaning the kitchen. [Also V]

Syn:
N-COUNT
Start is also a noun.

After several starts, she read the report properly.

2) V-ERG When something starts, or if someone starts it, it takes place from a particular time.

The fire is thought to have started in an upstairs room...

The Great War started in August of that year...

[V prep] Trains start at 11.00 and an hourly service will operate until 16.00...

[V n] All of the passengers started the day with a swim.

Syn:
N-SING: the N
Start is also a noun.

...1918, four years after the start of the Great War... She demanded to know why she had not been told from the start.

3) VERB If you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.

[V by -ing] I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States...

[V with n] He started with a good holiday in Key West, Florida.

Syn:
4) VERB You use start to say what someone's first job was. For example, if their first job was that of a factory worker, you can say that they started as a factory worker.

[V as n] Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory...

[V as n] Grace Robertson started as a photographer with Picture Post in 1947.

Syn:
Start off means the same as start.

V P as n Mr. Dambar had started off as an assistant to Mrs. Spear's husband.

5) VERB When someone starts something such as a new business, they create it or cause it to begin.
→ See also start-up

[V n] George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff...

[V n] Now is probably as good a time as any to start a business.

Syn:
Start up means the same as start.

V P n (not pron) The cost of starting up a day care center for children ranges from $150,000 to $300,000... V n P He said what a good idea it would be to start a community magazine up.

6) V-ERG If you start an engine, car, or machine, or if it starts, it begins to work.

[V n] He started the car, which hummed smoothly...

We were just passing one of the parking bays when a car's engine started.

PHR-V-ERG
Start up means the same as start.

V P n (not pron) He waited until they went inside the building before starting up the car and driving off... V n P Put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up... V P The engine of the seaplane started up.

7) VERB If you start, your body suddenly moves slightly as a result of surprise or fear.

She put the bottle on the coffee table beside him, banging it down hard. He started at the sound, his concentration broken...

[V adv] Rachel started forward on the sofa. - `You mean you've arrested Pete?'

N-COUNT: usu sing
Start is also a noun.

Sylvia woke with a start... He gave a start of surprise and astonishment.

8) → See also , false start
9) PHRASE: PHR with cl/group You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention.

You must get her name and address, and that can be a problem for a start...

It comes as a surprise to be reminded that he is 70. For a start, he doesn't look it...

To start with, where and when did it happen?

10) PHRASE: V inflects If you get off to a good start, you are successful in the early stages of doing something. If you get off to a bad start, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something.

The new Prime Minister has got off to a good start, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be...

England got off to a bad start in the Five Nations' Championship, losing 35-10 to France.

11) PHRASE: PHR with cl `To start with' means at the very first stage of an event or process.

To start with, the pressure on her was very heavy, but it's eased off a bit now...

Success was assured and, at least to start with, the system operated smoothly.

Syn:
in the beginning
12) in fits and starts → see fits
to get off to a flying start → see flying
Phrasal Verbs:

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