start - English word #161

Translation

To begin to do something, or to make something begin.

Word origin

From Old English styrtan, meaning to leap up or move suddenly, which later meant to begin.

Verb typeregular (start, starts, started)

start nine o'clock.

"Start" means to begin doing something.

film starts ten minutes.

"Starts" is the form used with he, she, or it.

started job last week.

"Started" is the past form of "start".

begin

To start to do something, or to start to happen.

end

The last part of something, or the place where it stops.

first

Coming before all others in time, order, or position; number 1 in a list.

go

To move or travel from one place to another.

make

To create, build, or produce something.

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