Definitions For Start

noun

• The act of starting something
• A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
• A sudden involuntary movement
• The advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
• A signal to begin (as in a race)
• The beginning of anything
• A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
• The time at which something is supposed to begin
• The time at which something begins
• The first part of an activity, development, event, etc.
• The first opportunity to begin a career

verb

• Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• Set in motion, cause to start
• Play in the starting lineup
• Bring into being
• Get off the ground
• Get going or set in motion
• Begin or set in motion
• Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
• Leave
• Bulge outward
• Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
• Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
• Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
• Have a beginning characterized in some specified way
• To do the first part of something : to begin doing something
• To begin to work on, produce, or give attention to (something)
• To cause (something) to begin : to cause (something) to begin in a specified way