Starts

Synonyms for "starts" (503 found)

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creation cringe crop up curvet cutoff cutoff point cutting edge dart dawn dawning deadline deadwood delimitation departure determinant develop disintegrate dive in dive into division line

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dodge dog draw draw back drive drop duck edge embark embark on emerge emergence encouragement end enter enter on enter upon entrance establish establishment evade excite execute extremity fade falcon fall fall back fall off fall to fall to pieces father fight shy financing finish fire fissure fistfight flick flinch flip flirt float floor flounce flush fly apart flying start follow the hounds foment found foundation founding fowl fracture fresh start frontier generation genesis germ get busy get down get going get loose get off get to get under way get with it give a start give away give birth to give way go go ahead go forth go hunting go to it go to pieces gun handicap hang back hawk head head into head start hedge help high water mark high-water mark hippety-hop hit the road hitch hop hop to it hound hunt hunt down hurdle inaugurate inauguration inception infancy initiate initiation inside track institute institution interface introduce issue issue forth jack jacklight jar jerk jib jig

Verb(11 words)

dash depart embark on engage in execute get get down get going get on with go initiate

Noun(3 words)

first get-go head start

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jiggle jog joggle jolt jump jump a mile jump off jump over jump to it jump-off kick off kick-off launch launch into lay before lead leading edge leap leap over leapfrog

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leave liftoff light into limen limit limitation limiting factor line line of demarcation line of departure low-water mark lower limit make make a motion march mark mete moot move negotiate new departure odds offer a resolution oncoming onset open open up opening opportunity organize origin origination outbreak outset outsetting outstart overjump overleap overskip panic peel off pick pioneer pitch in pitch into pluck plunge into point of departure port of embarkation pose postulate pounce pounce on pounce upon prefer proceed produce propel propose proposition propound provoke prowl after pull pull back put forth put forward put in motion put it to quail recoil recommend reel back retreat ride to hounds ring up curtain rise run running start rupture sail into sally sally forth scare send send forth send off send-off set about set afloat set agoing set at set before set forth set forward set going set in set in motion set off set on foot set out set sail set to set to work set up setoff setout setting in motion setting-up sheer off shikar shock shoot shrink shrink back shy sidestep skedaddle ski jump skip snap snatch something extra something in reserve source split sponsorship sport spring spring a leak spring apart square one squinch stalk stampede start aside start back start going start in start off start out start up start-off starting starting gate starting line starting place starting point starting post starting signal steeplechase stick out still hunt still-hunt strike out submit sudden pull suggest swerve switch on tackle take on take up take-off takeoff target date term terminal date terminus threshold time allotment touch track trail turn turn aside turn on turn to tweak undertake unravel updive upleap upper hand upper limit upspring vantage vantage ground vantage point vault wade into weasel weasel out whip hand wince wrench yank yerk

Noun(12 words)

jump kickoff offset outset scratch scratch line showtime starting starting line starting signal starting time startle

Verb(21 words)

lead off originate part piss off pop pop out protrude put out ring up the curtain rock and roll run out set about set forth set off set out start out start up startle take off take up

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wake

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Life starts when you decide what you are expecting from it.

Source: tatoeba (2057)

Education starts at home.

Source: tatoeba (19122)

The express starts at six and gets into Tokyo at nine.

Source: tatoeba (19610)

School starts next Monday.

Source: tatoeba (21522)

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