start

²start

noun

Definition of START

1

a : a sudden involuntary bodily movement or reaction <woke with a start> b : a brief and sudden action or movement c : a sudden capricious impulse or outburst

2

: a beginning of movement, activity, or development <a false start> <housing starts>

3

: head start

4

: a place of beginning

5

: the act or an instance of being a competitor in a race or a member of a starting lineup in a game <undefeated in six starts — Current Biography>

Examples of START

1. <knew from the start of the game that he would win easily>

First Known Use of START

14th century

Related to START

Synonyms: alpha, baseline, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, beginning, threshold

Antonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending, omega

Related Words: drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one; creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination; cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring; dawning, opening; advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence; childhood, infancy, youth

Near Antonyms: cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup

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