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(v)
(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
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(n)
The beginning of an activity.
(intransitive) To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
(transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch.
To begin.
(baseball) To be the first batter of an inning.
get off the ground
The act of something that starts.
A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
(Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
(adj)
(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
(transitive) To begin; to start.
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
(transitive) To make or bring about; to implement.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging.
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
The act by which an employee is hired.
(obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
(transitive, rare) To propose (a new motion) in a meeting, which must subsequently be seconded.
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
To guide people to their seats.
An organization founded to promote a cause
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
Alternative spelling of startup. [The act or process of starting a process or machine.]
Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]
(computing) The act by which a computer is booted.
A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
(military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
Alternative spelling of rollout. [An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.]
(computing) To assign an initial value to a variable.
The act by which something is launched; a launch.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
(transitive, slang) To steal a vehicle by bypassing the ignition key's security.
A surname.
(transitive) To kick.
To start, begin.
(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
(Jamaica, slang, plural only) A condom.
(transitive) To cut trees into logs.
(N)
"Started" is a song recorded by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea for her second studio album In My Defense.
Having undergone opening.
(ergative) To begin, commence, initiate.
To induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony.
(intransitive) To leave, to depart, to get moving.
(ambitransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch; to set in motion.
(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
(idiomatic) To trigger movement or progress; to get going.
(intransitive) To begin an activity.
(chiefly US, informal) To begin (to do something); to get started.
(intransitive) To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress.
(transitive) To obtain (usually money or property), especially through inheritance.
(transitive) To begin.
(intransitive) To start up.
(informal) To make a start on; to begin to tackle.
Obsolete spelling of begin. [(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.]
To attack someone.
(ambitransitive) To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
(intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition.