Sudden+start

  • 11start — /stat / (say staht) verb (i) 1. to begin to move, go, or act; set out, as on a journey. 2. to begin any course of action or procedure, as one s career, life, etc. 3. (of a process or performance) to begin. 4. to come suddenly into activity, life …

  • 12start — start1 [ start ] verb *** ▸ 1 begin to happen ▸ 2 begin to do something ▸ 3 begin a trip ▸ 4 be the limit of something ▸ 5 make something happen ▸ 6 make machine work ▸ 7 complain ▸ 8 jump with fright ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to begin to… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13start — 1 verb 1 BEGIN DOING STH (I, T) to begin doing something: start doing sth: I ve just started learning German. | We d better start getting dressed soon. | start to do sth: When Tom heard this he started to laugh uncontrollably. | Things started to …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14start — [[t]stɑrt[/t]] v. i. 1) to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity 2) to become active, manifest, or operative; appear, issue forth, or come to life, esp. suddenly or abruptly: The snowfall started at midnight. The engines started with a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15start — [OE] Start originally meant ‘jump, leap, caper’ (‘Him lust not [he did not like] to play nor start, nor to dance, nor to sing’, Chaucer, Romance of the Rose 1366). This gradually evolved via ‘make a sudden movement’ to ‘begin a journey’, but it… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 16start — [OE] Start originally meant ‘jump, leap, caper’ (‘Him lust not [he did not like] to play nor start, nor to dance, nor to sing’, Chaucer, Romance of the Rose 1366). This gradually evolved via ‘make a sudden movement’ to ‘begin a journey’, but it… …

    Word origins

  • 17start */*/*/ — I UK [stɑː(r)t] / US [stɑrt] verb Word forms start : present tense I/you/we/they start he/she/it starts present participle starting past tense started past participle started 1) a) [intransitive] to begin to happen or take place Work has started… …

    English dictionary

  • 18Start-stop system — This article refers to the automotive technology. For the use of start stop systems in telecommunication, see asynchronous serial communication. In automobiles, a start stop system or stop start system automatically shuts down and restarts the… …

    Wikipedia

  • 19start — Synonyms and related words: A, activate, advance, advantage, aid, allowance, alpha, arise, assistance, attack, avoid, backing, base, basis, be off, be startled, beat, beget, begin, beginning, beginnings, birth, blanch, blast away, blast off,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20start — verb 1》 come or bring into being.     ↘begin to do.     ↘begin to move or travel.     ↘begin to attend (a school, college, etc.) or engage in (an occupation). 2》 cause to happen.     ↘begin to operate.     ↘cause or enable to begin doing… …

    English new terms dictionary