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0 to begin doing something:
We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock.
[ + -ing verb ] They started building the house in January.
[ + to infinitive ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang.
A lot of new restaurants have started up in the region.
The speaker started with a description of her journey to China.
You could start by weeding the flowerbeds.
He started his working life as an engineer but later became a teacher.
Don't start with me - we're not going and that's that!
informal "It would help if Richard did some work." "Oh, don't get me started on Richard!"
When can we get started?
You could tell the guy wanted to start something, so we just walked away.
We only knew two people in Montreal to start with, but we soon made friends.
To start with, we need better computers - then we need more training.
1 to begin at one point and then move to another, in distance or range:
2 to move your body suddenly because something has surprised or frightened you:
4 the beginning of something:
We were doubtful about the product's usefulness from the start.
They announced the start of a new commercial venture.
The weather was good at the start (= in the first part) of the week.
The event got off to a shaky/poor start with the stage lights failing in the first few minutes.
We need to make a start on (preparing) the brochure next week.
We'll take names and phone numbers for a start, then later on we can get more details.
This book is better than her last one. For a start, it's shorter.
5 an advantage that you have over someone else when you begin something:
6 a sudden movement of the body that you make when something has surprised or frightened you:
7 to begin to do something or go somewhere, or to begin or happen:
9 to move your body suddenly because something has surprised you:
10 to cause something to operate, or to begin to work or operate:
11 the time where something begins, or the act of beginning:
12 a sudden movement of your body because something has surprised you:
15 to begin an activity or a set of activities:
He started the talk with a review of the past year's achievements.
start by doing sth She started by thanking us all for attending.
16 if a business or other organization starts, or if someone starts one, it is created and starts to operate:
17 to begin at one level and then move to another:
prices start at/from sth Ticket prices start at €20 and go up to €100.
18 to begin in a particular way and then change later:
19 if a machine or vehicle starts, or you start it, it begins to work or operate:
20 the beginning of something:
22 a business or job that has just begun, or a person who has just started a new job:
23 an opportunity to begin something and start to be successful at it:
She got her start with the company as an accountant, auditing their books.
24 → head start
25 a situation in which you start something again in a completely new and different way after you have been unsuccessful:
