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How to pronounce start in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms commence, embark on, start up
Type of begin, lead off, commence
Has types inaugurate, kick off, open


Who started this company?.
I start my day with a good breakfast.
The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack.
Type Words
Synonyms bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude
Type of deform, change form, change shape
Type Words
Synonyms beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, starting time
Type of point, point in time
Has types incipiency, terminus a quo, birth, threshold, starting point, incipience


they got an early start.
Type Words
Synonyms take up
Has types take office


start a new job.
Type Words
Synonyms start up
Has types kick-start, restart, re-start, jumpstart, jump-start, jump, hot-wire, crank up, crank


We simply could not start the engine.
start up the computer.
Type Words
Synonyms scratch, scratch line, starting line
Type of line
Type Words
Synonyms begin
Has types erupt, dawn, kick in, originate, bud, break out, set in
Verb group begin


Prices for these homes start at $250,000.
Type Words
Synonyms starting signal
Type of signaling, sign, signal


the starting signal was a green light.
the runners awaited the start.
Type Words
Synonyms initiate, originate
Type of create, make
Has types date from, lead up, date back, set, go back, initiate
Derivation starter
Type Words
Synonyms starting
Type of play, turn


he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital.
his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen.
Type Words
Synonyms begin, commence, lead off
Has types usher in, commence, embark on, inaugurate, introduce, jump-start, jumpstart, recommence, set off, start up
Verb group begin


The U.S. started a war in the Middle East.
Type Words
Synonyms begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out
Has types break in, get weaving, get to, get started, get rolling, embark, get moving, enter, get going, fall, get cracking, plunge, jump off, recommence, attack, launch, strike out, bestir oneself, come on, auspicate
Verb group begin
Derivation starter


Who will start?.
Type Words
Synonyms begin
Type of move, act
Verb group begin


She started the soup while it was still hot.
We started physics in 10th grade.
Type Words
Synonyms jump, startle
Type of physiological reaction, instinctive reflex, unconditioned reflex, innate reflex, reflex response, reflex action, inborn reflex, reflex
Has types wince, startle response, flinch, startle reflex, startle reaction, moro reflex


he awoke with a start.
Type Words
Synonyms get going, go
Has types go on, take off, get off the ground, come on, come up


I start at eight in the morning.
Type Words
Synonyms begin
Type of be
Verb group begin
Type Words
Synonyms depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off
Type of go forth, leave, go away
Has types roar off, blaze out, blaze, sally out, lift off, take off, sally forth
Type Words
Synonyms jump, startle
Type of move
Has types shy, rear back, boggle, jackrabbit


She startled when I walked into the room.
Type Words
Synonyms head start
Type of vantage, advantage


with an hour's start he will be hard to catch.
Type Words
Synonyms beginning, commencement
Type of change of state
Has types startup, springboard, scrummage, scrum, resumption, recommencement, point of departure, origination, organization, organisation, opening move, opening, institution, instauration, attack, instalment, installment, installing, activation, installation, innovation, initiative, initiation, inauguration, icebreaker, housing start, groundbreaking ceremony, groundbreaking, founding, foundation, formation, first step, first appearance, face-off, establishment, entry, debut, creation, constitution, unveiling, tone-beginning, launching, kickoff, jumping-off point, jump ball, introduction
Type Words
Type of play
Derivation starting
Type Words
Type of beginning
Has types opener, opening, kickoff, send-off, dawn, curtain raising, menarche, morning, oncoming, onset, start-off, thelarche, racing start, flying start, adrenarche, alpha, opening night, running start


it was off to a good start.

Examples of start

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Students will start signing up for the classes that they want to take next year.
From the tennessean.com
One of the first places to start the inevitable cuts should be federal pensions.
From the dailyherald.com
These attaching fronds start out green but soon dry to resemble parchment paper.
From the dailyherald.com
From the start, Alexander was the first to hit the gym and among the last to go.
From the stltoday.com
Thirteen of the 21 runs he's allowed came in three innings, one from each start.
From the stltoday.com
If you'd like to get a head start, combine the dry ingredients the night before.
From the stltoday.com
One LPGA standout, meanwhile, isn't waiting around to make her first 2011 start.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Junior transferred from Guam at start of season and had a tremendous first year.
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Its processors will start appearing in a slew of new iPad competitors this year.
From the bloomberg.com
More examples
  • The beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"
  • Get down: 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"
  • Begin: 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"
  • Beginning: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
  • A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"
  • Depart: leave; "The family took off for Florida"
  • "Start!" is the eleventh UK single release by punk rock band, The Jam and their second number-one, following "Going Underground"/"Dreams of Children". Upon its release on 15 August 1980, it debuted at number three, and two weeks later reached number one for one week. ...
  • Start is a breakfast cereal which has been produced by Kellogg's in the UK since the 1980s. Start has been promoted as a cereal designed for improving sports performance. It is made from wheat, corn and oats and a single bowlful is said to provide a third of a human's daily vitamin RDA. ...
  • The command Start is used to start programs or batch files from in the Windows Command Prompt or a batch file.