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(v)
(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
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(intransitive) To begin, start.
(n)
An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
(intransitive) To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
(transitive) To lift; to raise.
(transitive) To begin; to start.
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
(intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
(intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition.
(adj)
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
(transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch.
(intransitive) To leave, to depart, to get moving.
To begin.
(intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
(intransitive) To leave.
A portion; a component.
(transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
Alternative spelling of kick-off. [(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.]
(sports) A signal to begin a race.
(baseball) To be the first batter of an inning.
To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
get off the ground
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
The moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.
(colloquial) The beginning.
To move toward the speaker.
A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).
Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
The beginning of something.
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
(adv)
At the beginning.
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.
(uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use
(transitive) To create.
(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
(ambitransitive) To start again.
The act or process of introducing.
The act or process of operationalizing.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
To operate a vehicle:
The highest or uppermost part of something.
To induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony.
(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
An act of inducting.
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.
(uncountable) The act of creating something.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of initialization. [(uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin.]
The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
creation
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.