start
verb
[ stɑːt ]
• begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space.
• "the season starts in September"
Similar:
begin,
get under way,
go ahead,
get going,
kick off,
commence,
come into being,
be born,
come into existence,
appear,
arrive,
come forth,
emerge,
erupt,
burst out,
arise,
originate,
break,
unfold,
develop,
crop up,
first see the light of day,
• (of event or process) happen or come into being.
• "the fire started in the building's upper floor"
Similar:
establish,
set up,
found,
lay the foundations of,
lay the cornerstone of,
lay the first stone of,
sow the seeds of,
create,
bring into being,
institute,
initiate,
inaugurate,
introduce,
open,
begin,
launch,
float,
kick-start,
put in place,
get something off the ground,
get something going,
get something moving,
get something working,
get something functioning,
activate,
originate,
pioneer,
organize,
mastermind,
embark on,
make a start on,
tackle,
set about,
kick something off,
• jerk or give a small jump from surprise or alarm.
• "‘Oh my!’ she said, starting"
start
noun
• the point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.
• "he takes over as chief executive at the start of next year"
Similar:
beginning,
inception,
onset,
emergence,
(first) appearance,
arrival,
eruption,
dawn,
birth,
establishment,
foundation,
institution,
origination,
inauguration,
induction,
creation,
opening,
launch,
float,
floating,
kick-off,
commencement,
origin,
source,
root,
starting point,
germ,
seeds,
genesis,
cause,
reason,
motivation,
motive,
fons et origo,
fountainhead,
wellspring,
fount,
• a sudden movement of surprise or alarm.
• "she awoke with a start"
Origin:
Old English styrtan ‘to caper, leap’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch storten ‘push’ and German stürzen ‘fall headlong, fling’. From the sense ‘sudden movement’ arose the sense ‘initiation of movement, setting out on a journey’ and hence ‘beginning of a process, etc.’.
START
abbreviation
• Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, an agreement between the US and the Soviet Union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991.
