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Start
/stɑːt/
To begin doing something
Synonyms:
begin
commence
initiate
Antonyms:
finish
end
stop
Examples:
Bernard
started
at these words.
Marian,
starting
to reach into the waste-basket, refrained.
"I'm not blaming you," Olivia
starts
to protest.
Etymology:
From Middle English
starten
, from Old English
styrtan
meaning to leap up, jump up, or start, from Proto-Germanic
*sturtā
meaning to leap upwards.
Usage Statistics:
582 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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