start
What is the Definition of start?
Noun:
- the beginning of anything
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
Verb:
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
How can I use start in a sentence?
On Harry's other side, Percy Weasley and Hermione were talking about lessons (I do hope they start right away, there is so much to learn, I am particularly interested in Transfiguration, you know, turning something into something else, of course, it is supposed to be very difficult —; You will be starting small, just matches into needles and that sort of thing — ).
Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in Charms that he thought they were ready to start making objects fly, something they had all been dying to try since they'd seen him make Neville's toad zoom around the classroom.
Then, about a week before the exams were due to start, Harry's new resolution not to interfere in anything that did not concern him was put to an unexpected test.
At the start of their first class he took the roll call, and when he reached Harry's name he gave an excited squeak and toppled out of sight.
The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses.
Other meanings of start (synonyms, cognates).
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| starting |
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| startle |
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