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0 to begin doing something
[ + doing sth ] He started smoking when he was eighteen.
[ + to do sth ] Maria started to laugh.
We start work at nine o'clock.
2 If a business, organization, etc starts, it begins to exist, and if you start it, you make it begin to exist.
A lot of new restaurants have started up in the area.
3 If a car or engine starts, it begins to work, and if you start it, you make it begin to work.
4 used to talk about what a situation was like at the beginning before it changed
5 to move suddenly because you are frightened or surprised
6 the beginning of something
7 to begin doing something
I'll make a start on the washing-up.
8 used when you are giving the first in a list of reasons or things
I won't be going - I've got too much homework for a start.
9 an advantage that you have over someone else when you begin something
[ usually singular ] I'm grateful for the start I had in life.
10 the place where a race begins
11 a sudden movement that you make because you are frightened or surprised
Kate sat up with a start.