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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

start (plural starts)

  1. The beginning of an activity.
    The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
  2. A sudden involuntary movement.
    He woke with a start.
  3. The beginning point of a race.
  4. 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.

Verb

to start (third-person singular simple present starts, present participle starting, simple past and past participle started)

  1. (transitive) To set in motion.
  2. (transitive) To begin.
  3. (transitive) To initiate a vehicle or machine.
  4. (transitive) To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
  5. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
    The rain started at 9:00.
  6. (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
  7. (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Mary Shelley:
      I started from my sleep with horror […]
  8. (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.

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Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

to set in motion
to begin
  • Japanese: 始める ja(ja) (はじめる, hajimeru) (transitive), 開始する ja(ja) (かいしする, kaishi-suru); 始まる ja(ja) (はじまる, hajimaru) (intransitive)
  • Korean: 시작하다 ko(ko) (sijak-hada)
  • Kurdish: ده‌سپێکردن
  • Latin: incipiō la(la), initiō la(la)
  • Old French: cumancer
  • Romanian: începe ro(ro)
  • Russian: начинать ru(ru) (načinát') (impf.), начать ru(ru) (načát') (pf.) (transitive), начинаться ru(ru) (načinát'sja) (impf.), начаться ru(ru) (načát'sja) (pf.) (intransitive)
  • Santali: ᱮᱦᱳᱵ (ehop')
  • Scottish Gaelic: tòisich gd(gd)
  • Serbian: započeti, načnuti, načeti
  • Spanish: empezar es(es), comenzar es(es)
to initiate a vehicle or machine
  • Hungarian: elindul hu(hu), indul hu(hu), startol hu(hu) (in races)
  • Japanese: 始動する ja(ja) (shidō suru)
  • Polish: zapalić pl(pl)
  • Russian: запускать (zapuskát') (impf.), запустить (zapustít') (pf.)
  • Serbian: pokrenuti sr(sr)
  • Spanish: iniciar es(es), arrancar es(es)
to begin an activity
  • Japanese: 始まる ja(ja) (hajimaru)
  • Kurdish: ده‌سپێکردن
  • Old French: cumancer
  • Polish: zacząć pl(pl), rozpocząć pl(pl)
  • Russian: начинаться (načinát's'a) (impf.), начаться (načát's'a) (pf.), стартовать (startovát') (pf.) and (impf.)
  • Serbian: početi, započeti
  • Swedish: börja sv(sv)
to jerk suddenly in surprise
  • Finnish: hätkähtää fi(fi)
  • Icelandic: hrökkva við is(is)
  • Japanese: びくっとする ja(ja) (bikuttosuru)
  • Russian: дёргаться (d'órgat's'a) (impf.), дёрнуться (d'órnut's'a) (pf.)
to awaken suddenly
  • Hungarian: felriad hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: hrökkva upp is(is)
  • Japanese: 飛び起きる ja(ja) (tobi-okiru)
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Noun

start

  1. start

Declension

declension of start
nominative start
genitive startnıñ
dative startqa
accusative startnı
locative startta
ablative starttan

References

Czech

Noun

start m.

  1. start (beginning point of a race)

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Danish

Noun

start c. (singular definite starten, plural indefinite starter)

  1. start

Inflection

Inflection of start
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative start starten starter starterne
genitive starts startens starters starternes

Verb

start

  1. Imperative of starte

Dutch

Verb

start

  1. The first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of starten.
  2. The imperative of starten.

German

Verb

start

  1. Imperative singular of starten.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

start m.

  1. (sports) start (the beginning of a race)
  2. (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)
  3. 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.

Declension

declension of start
singular plural
nominative start starty
genitive startu startów
dative startowi startom
accusative start starty
instrumental startem startami
locative starcie startach
vocative starcie starty

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

start c.

Inflection for start Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form start starten starter starterna
Possessive form starts startens starters starternas
  1. start; beginning (of a race)
  2. the act of turning (an engine) on

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