The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English
false start
noun [C]Definition
› an occasion when you try to start an activity, event, or process, but fail and have to stop: The after-school club finally opened this term, after several false starts.
(Definition of false start noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Our dictionaries
Browse the Thesaurus
Browse the Dictionary
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
