start
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
Framework senses
- §1
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- §2
- set in motion, cause to start
- §3
- play in the starting lineup
- §4
- bring into being
- §5
- get off the ground
- §6
- get going or set in motion
- §7
- begin or set in motion
- §8
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- §9
- leave
- §10
- bulge outward
- §11
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- §12
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- §13
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- §14
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way