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Synonyms for start

set about

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set about
begin
proceed
embark upon
take the plunge
take the first step
make a beginning
put your hand to the plough

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begin

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begin
arise
originate
issue
appear
kick in
commence
get under way
come into being
come into existence
first see the light of day

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set in motion

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set in motion
initiate
instigate
open
trigger
kick off
originate
get going
engender
kick-start
get (something) off the ground
enter upon
get or set or start the ball rolling

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end
stop
finish
abandon
conclude
wind up
bring to an end

establish

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start up

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start up
activate
get something going
fire up
set in motion
start something functioning or operating

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jump

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beginning

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jump

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for start

to go about the initial step in doing (something)

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to come into being

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to bring into existence formally

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to move suddenly and involuntarily

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to draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust

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the act or process of bringing or being brought into existence

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the initial stage of a developmental process

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a sudden and involuntary movement

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a factor conducive to superiority and success

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Synonyms for start

the beginning of anything

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the time at which something is supposed to begin

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a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

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starting

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a sudden involuntary movement

the act of starting something

a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

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line

a signal to begin (as in a race)

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starting signal

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the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

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head start

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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

set in motion, cause to start

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leave

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have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

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begin

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bring into being

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get off the ground

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move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

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get going or set in motion

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start up

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stop

begin or set in motion

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begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

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take up

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take office

play in the starting lineup

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have a beginning characterized in some specified way

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begin

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begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

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begin

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bulge outward

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References in classic literature ?

If they say, 'Charley, come, let us start for hell,' I will harness the dogs, and snap the whip, and start for hell.

"Before we start, I talk maybe two minutes with the priest at Anvig.

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A man, reading a newspaper, had just started up at the sight of the returning pigeon, when be heard the burr of Winn's engine and saw the huge monoplane, with all surfaces set, drop down upon him, stop suddenly on an air-cushion manufactured on the spur of the moment by a shift of the horizontal rudders, glide a few yards, strike ground, and come to rest not a score of feet away from him.

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We got to Waterloo at eleven, and asked where the eleven-five started from.

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After swallowing a little breakfast we started, Umbopa, Khiva, and Ventvogel accompanying us.

So after we were rested a little, and the Kafirs had cut out the hearts of two of the dead elephants for supper, we started homewards, very well pleased with our day's work, having made up our minds to send the bearers on the morrow to chop away the tusks.

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And their house was gone--they were back where they had started from, flung out into the cold to starve and freeze!

It might be that he had worse things yet to learn--and so he got to his feet and started away, walking on, wearily, half-dazed.

One of them started to her feet as Jurgis entered; she was haggard and frightfully thin, with one arm tied up in bandages--he hardly realized that it was Marija.

Then Jurgis thrust it into his pocket, still holding it tightly in his fist, and started away at a run.

Yet, when he once got started, and his blood had warmed with walking, he forgot everything in the fever of his thoughts.

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There was no sign of Monty on the potato patch, and the woman who opened the door started when she saw him.

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Lots of these businesses are just at the start of what promises to be an exciting journey - for them, and for the people their products and services will impact.

Best Welsh start-up firms are revealed at ceremony

It was a memorable occasion as mums and dads waved goodbye to their little ones as they started their first day of primary school.

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