start

/stɑrt/ n [C/U] (BEGINNING)

Definition

› the time where something begins, or the act of beginning: [U] We were worried from the start. [U] They announced the start of the race. [C] The play got off to a bad start.

(Definition of start n (BEGINNING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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starling n
starlit adj
starry adj
start (something) off phrasal verb
start (something) over phrasal verb
start n BEGINNING
start n SUDDEN MOVEMENT
start something idiom
start up (something) phrasal verb OPERATE ENGINE
start up something phrasal verb BEGIN COMPANY
start v BEGIN

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start (something) off phrasal verb
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start something idiom
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