start
noun/stɑːrt/
Слово англійською: start
Переклад start українською: початок
Детальний опис
- [countable, usually singular] the point at which something begins
- If we don't hurry, we'll miss the start.
- They haven't won since the start of the season.
- at the start (of something) Things didn't look too hopeful at the start of the year.
- from the start We've had problems right from the start.
- We've had problems from the very start.
- The trip was a disaster from start to finish.
- a… start to something a perfect start to the day
- After a slow start to his career, things improved.
- The campaign is off to a promising start.
- a shaky/rocky start
- (informal) This could be the start of something big.
- [countable, usually singular] the act or process of beginning something
- We need to get an early start in the morning.
- start on something I'll paint the ceiling if you make a start on the walls.
- She's moving abroad to make a fresh start (= to begin a new life).
- I think it's time we made a start.
- It's not much, but it's a start (= something useful has been done, although there is a lot more still to do).
- [countable, usually singular] the opportunity that you are given to begin something in a successful way
- Many critics got their start writing for this magazine.
- Moving to a different school gave Sally a fresh start.
- start in something They worked hard to give their children a good start in life.
- The job gave him his start in journalism.
- the start[singular] the place where a race begins
- The runners lined up at the start.
- The runners walked up to the start line.
- [countable, usually singular] an amount of time or distance that somebody has as an advantage over other people at the beginning of a race
- I gave the younger children a start.
- start on somebody She went into the second round with a five-minute start on the rest of the cyclists.
- [countable, usually plural] (sport) an occasion when somebody/something competes in a race or competition, or when somebody is a member of a team that starts a game
- She has been beaten only once in six starts.
- He has scored three goals in his last three starts.
- [countable, usually singular] an act of moving your body quickly and suddenly because you are surprised, afraid, etc.
- You gave me quite a start!
- with a start She woke from the dream with a start.
beginning
opportunity
in race
sudden movement
Word OriginOld English styrtan ‘to caper, leap’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch storten ‘push’ and German stürzen ‘fall headlong, fling’. From the sense ‘sudden movement’ arose the sense ‘initiation of movement, setting out on a journey’ and hence ‘beginning of a process, etc.’.
Idioms
by/in fits and starts | in stops and starts
- frequently starting and stopping again; not continuously
- Because of other commitments I can only write my book in fits and starts.
for a start
- (informal) used to emphasize the first of a list of reasons, opinions, etc.
- I'm not working there—for a start, it's too far to travel.
from a standing start
- (used about beginning a project or task) from an initial position in which none of the necessary elements are in place
- The space project went from a standing start to the moon in ten years.
get off to a flying start | get off to a flyer
- to make a very good start; to begin something well
- She’s got off to a flying start in her new career.