start

/stɑrt/ v [I/T] (OPERATE)

Definition

› to cause something to operate, or to begin to work or operate: [T] Annie went outside to start the car. [I] I heard a lawnmower start.

(Definition of start v (OPERATE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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