American English pronunciation
How to pronounce started
IPA transcription: [s'tɑɹtəd]
Pronunciation variants: [s'tɑɹtəd][s'tɑɹtɪd]
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Verb
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
“We began working at dawn”
“Who will start?”
“Get working as soon as the sun rises!”
“The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”
“He began early in the day”
“Let's get down to work now”
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set in motion, cause to start
“The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”
“The Iraqis began hostilities”
“begin a new chapter in your life”
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have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
“The DMZ begins right over the hill”
“The second movement begins after the Allegro”
“Prices for these homes start at $250,000”
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leave
“The family took off for Florida”
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bring into being
“He initiated a new program”
“Start a foundation”
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get off the ground
“Who started this company?”
“We embarked on an exciting enterprise”
“I start my day with a good breakfast”
“We began the new semester”
“The afternoon session begins at 4 PM”
“The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack”
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move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
“She startled when I walked into the room”
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get going or set in motion
“We simply could not start the engine”
“start up the computer”
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begin or set in motion
“I start at eight in the morning”
“Ready, set, go!”
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begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
“Take up a position”
“start a new job”
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bulge outward
“His eyes popped”
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play in the starting lineup
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have a beginning characterized in some specified way
“The novel begins with a murder”
“My property begins with the three maple trees”
“Her day begins with a workout”
“The semester begins with a convocation ceremony”
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begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
“begin a cigar”
“She started the soup while it was still hot”
“We started physics in 10th grade”
Usage examples
- While an undergraduate, Gerber restarted "The Yale Record", America's oldest humor magazine.
- After disbanding the band's leader Andrius Mamontovas started a solo career.
- It was this proposition that started the big idea in Daughtry's mind.
- As a young man he came to Pittsburgh and started a thriving grocery business.
- During his work there, he started freelancing for Al Jazeera.
- There he started his own business, selling clocks, mirrors and upholstery.
- Basically the route started from North Vancouver to Lillooet.
- I've really started to appreciate Imperial measurements, you could say I'm a convert.
- Amazingly, Cairns started with a goal against the New York Islanders.
- BioDerm Hordes have started to invade tribal space.