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Verb
/stärt/,
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started, past tense; started, past participle; starting, present participle; starts, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Come into being; begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space
    • - the season starts in September
    • - we ate before the show started
    • - below Roaring Springs the real desert starts
  2. Embark on a continuing action or a new venture
    • - I started to chat to him
    • - we plan to start building in the fall
  3. Use a particular point, action, or circumstance as an opening for a course of action
    • - the teacher can start by capitalizing on children's curiosity
    • - I shall start with the case you mention first
  4. Begin to move or travel
    • - we started out into the snow
    • - he started for the door
  5. Begin to attend (an educational establishment) or engage in (an occupation, esp. a profession)
    • - she will start school today
    • - he started work at a travel agency
  6. Begin one's working life
    • - he started as a typesetter
    • - she started off as a general practitioner
  7. Begin to live through (a period distinguished by a specified characteristic)
    • - they started their married life
  8. Cost at least a specified amount
    • - fees start at around $300
  9. Cause (an event or process) to happen
    • - two men started the blaze that caused the explosion
    • - those women started all the trouble
  10. Bring (a project or an institution) into being; cause to take effect or begin to work or operate
    • - I'm starting a campaign to get the law changed
  11. Cause (a machine) to begin to work
    • - we had trouble starting the car
    • - he starts up his van
  12. (of a machine or device) Begin operating or being used
    • - the noise of a tractor starting up
    • - there was a moment of silence before the organ started
  13. Cause or enable (someone or something) to begin doing or pursuing something
    • - his father started him off in business
    • - what he said started me thinking
  14. Give a signal to (competitors) to start in a race

  15. Give a small jump or make a sudden jerking movement from surprise or alarm
    • - “Oh my!” she said, starting
  16. Move or appear suddenly
    • - she had seen Meg start suddenly from a thicket
  17. (of eyes) Bulge so as to appear to burst out of their sockets
    • - his eyes started out of his head like a hare's
  18. Be displaced or displace by pressure or shrinkage
    • - the mortar in the joints had started
  19. Rouse (game) from its lair

  1. (Starts) New subscribers coming onto the active subscription file for the first time and scheduled to receive their first issue of the magazine
  2. (STARTS) An experimental protocol for use in distributed searching, which enables a client to combine results from several search engines.
  3. (Starts) The number of games started.
  4. (Starts) pieces of plant, usually root, used to grow a new plant
  5. when an outer hinge is beginning to break. Also, refers to a signature (i.e.- a section of a book) that has come loose in its threads.
  6. A young pit dog in the first stages of rolling, testing and training; to bump together and test preparedness
  7. The beginner level for a dog to compete, consisting of marked retrieves only. Five (5) UKC championship points are awarded for a Started pass.
  8. status of Trade between Trade Partners. This is the first step after one trade partner initiates and the other Trade Partner, the trade offered, approves the trade
  9. Contact us to begin today