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Verb start has 13 senses
- get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
Sample sentences:
They start moving
They start to move
- begin, lead off, start, commence - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
--3 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentence:
These cars won't start
- begin, start - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
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Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
- originate, initiate, start - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
--5 is one way to make, create
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- start, start up, embark on, commence - get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
--6 is one way to begin, lead off, start, commence
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- startle, jump, start - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
--7 is one way to move
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- start, start up - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"
Antonyms: stop
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Something ----s something
- start, go, get going - begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"
Antonyms: stop, halt
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Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- start, take up - begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
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- start - play in the starting line-up
--11 is one way to play
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- begin, start - have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a work-out"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
--12 is one way to be
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Something is ----ing PP
- begin, start - begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
--13 is one way to act, move
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