start

Pronunciation: /stɑɹt/

Reading level: easy

Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the beginning of anything
  2. noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
  3. noun a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

Etymology

From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
beginning
Narrower (hyponyms)
kickoff, racing start, adrenarche, thelarche, opener, dawn

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