How to pronounce “start”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The beginning of an activity.
• A sudden involuntary movement.
• The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
• An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
• (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
• An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
• (UK, slang, archaic) A happening or proceeding.
• Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
• [Verb]
• (ergative) To begin, commence, initiate.
• (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
• To move suddenly, from a previous state of rest; to startle.
• (transitive, sports) To put into play.
• (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
• (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.

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