start
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
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Senses
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
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set in motion, cause to start
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play in the starting lineup
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bring into being
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get off the ground
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get going or set in motion
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begin or set in motion
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move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
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leave
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bulge outward
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begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
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have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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have a beginning characterized in some specified way
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Variants
- synonym
- beginblowbug outbulgecome outcommencedepartembark ongetget downget goinggoinitiatejumporiginatepartpoppop outprotruderoar offset aboutset forthset offset outshove alongshove offstart outstart uptake offtake up
- pasttense
- started
- presentparticiple
- starting
- thirdpersonsingular
- starts
- pastparticiple
- started