Betekenis van started In het Nederlands

• 0 past simple and past participle of start

• 1 to begin doing something:

  • When do you start your course/your new job?

  • We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock.

  • Can you start (= begin a new job) on Monday?

  • [ + -ing verb ] They started building the house in January.

  • [ + to infinitive ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang.

  • She started her own software company.

  • A lot of new restaurants have started up in the region.

  • A new series about wildlife has started on Monday nights.

  • Police believe the fire was started by arsonists.

  • The speaker started with a description of her journey to China.

  • Give me your answers one by one, starting with Lucy.

  • 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.

  • He started work at 16 in a bakery.

  • 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.

• 2 to begin at one point and then move to another, in distance or range:

  • The run starts at/from the entrance to the park.

  • We'll need to start (off/out) early because the journey takes six hours.

  • Tell me what happened - start at the beginning.

  • Ticket prices start at/from €80 and go up to €500.

• 3 to move your body suddenly because something has surprised or frightened you:

  • He started at the sound of the phone.

• 4 to (cause to) begin to work or operate:

  • I'm having trouble starting the car.

  • The engine won't start.