Значение start в русском языке

• 0 to begin doing something -- начинать

  • [ + doing sth ] He started smoking when he was eighteen.

  • [ + to do sth ] Maria started to laugh.

  • We start work at nine o'clock.

• 1 to begin to happen or to make something begin to happen -- начинаться

  • The programme starts at seven o'clock.

  • Police believe the fire started in the kitchen.

• 2 If a business, organization, etc starts, it begins to exist, and if you start it, you make it begin to exist. -- основывать, открывать(ся)

  • She started her own computer business.

  • 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. -- заводить(ся)

  • The car won't start.

  • Start up the engine.

• 4 used to talk about what a situation was like at the beginning before it changed -- в первое время, сначала

  • I was happy at school to start with, but later I hated it.

  • To start with, we need better computers. Then we need more training.

• 5 to move suddenly because you are frightened or surprised -- вздрагивать

• 6 the beginning of something -- начало

  • [ usually singular ] Our teacher checks who is in class at the start of each day.

  • Ivan has been involved in the project from the start.

  • The meeting got off to a bad start (= began badly).

• 7 to begin doing something -- приступать к чему-либо

  • I'll make a start on the washing-up.

• 8 used when you are giving the first in a list of reasons or things -- во-первых, для начала

  • 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 -- преимущество

  • [ usually singular ] I'm grateful for the start I had in life.

• 10 the place where a race begins -- старт

• 11 a sudden movement that you make because you are frightened or surprised -- вздрагивание

  • Kate sat up with a start.