start
start · verb. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action · verb. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job · verb. set in motion, ...
START meaning: 1 : to do the first part of something to begin doing something; 2 : to begin to work on, produce, or give attention to (something)
Some common synonyms of start are begin, commence, inaugurate, initiate, and usher in. While all these words mean "to take the first step in a course, process,
1. to begin or cause to begin (something or to do something); come or cause to come into being, operation, etc he started a quarrel.
to begin to happen or to make something begin to happen: The programme starts at seven o'clock. Police believe the fire started in the kitchen.
1. a : to move suddenly and violently : spring started angrily to his feet b : to react with a sudden brief involuntary movement started when a shot rang out.
a beginning of an action, journey, etc. · a signal to move, proceed, or begin, as on a course or in a race. · a place or time from which something begins