start
noun [S] (ADVANTAGE) /stɑːt/
/stɑːrt/ Definition
C2 an advantage that you have over someone else when you begin something: We gave the youngest children a five-second start (= in a race).
(Definition of start noun (ADVANTAGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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