START
What does "START" mean?
To begin to do or undertake something; to set out or get going.
Meanings
- To begin an action, process, or journey. We start work at nine each morning.
- To cause a machine or engine to begin operating. She couldn't start the car in the cold.
- To move suddenly in surprise or alarm. He started at the unexpected knock on the door.
- The point or moment at which something begins. From the start, the plan was doomed.
- A sudden involuntary movement of surprise. She woke with a start.
Word origin
From Old English 'styrtan', to leap up or move suddenly, from Proto-Germanic 'stertan'; the original sense of a sudden jolting motion survives in 'to start at a noise'.
Remember it
START hides ART: every great work of ART has to START somewhere.
A little poem
Blank page, cold engine-
the hardest mile of any
road is the first inch.
haiku
Wordplay
- I wanted to make a joke about a fresh beginning, but I didn't know how to start.
What it teaches
Every finish was once only a start that refused to stay one.
Quick facts
What does START mean?
To begin to do or undertake something; to set out or get going.
Is START a valid word?
Yes — START is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is START?
START has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does START come from?
From Old English 'styrtan', to leap up or move suddenly, from Proto-Germanic 'stertan'; the original sense of a sudden jolting motion survives in 'to start at a noise'.
What can START teach us?
Every finish was once only a start that refused to stay one.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.