What is "start"

start \start\ (st[aum]rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. started; p. pr. & vb. n. starting.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to hurl, rush, fall, G. st["u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st["o]rta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly.

1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.]

2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.

   And maketh him out of his sleep to start.
   --Chaucer.

   I start as from some dreadful dream.
   --Dryden.

   Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside.
   --I. Watts.

   But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart.
   --Shak.

3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business.

   At once they start, advancing in a line.
   --Dryden.

   At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still.
   --Byron.

4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.

   To start after, to set out after; to follow; to pursue.

   To start against, to act as a rival candidate against.

   To start for, to be a candidate for, as an office.

   To start up, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance.

Old English *steortian, *stiertan, Kentish variants of styrtan "to leap up" (related to starian "to stare"), from Proto-Germanic *stert- (cognates: Old Frisian stirta "to fall, tumble," Middle Dutch sterten, Dutch storten "to rush, fall," Old High German sturzen, German stürzen "to hurl, throw, plunge"), of uncertain origin. According to Watkins, the notion is "move briskly, move swiftly," and it is from PIE root *ster- (1) "stiff."\n

\nFrom "move or spring suddenly," sense evolved by late 14c. to "awaken suddenly, flinch or recoil in alarm," and by 1660s to "cause to begin acting or operating." Meaning "begin to move, leave, depart" (without implication of suddenness) is from 182

1. The connection probably is from sporting senses ("to force an animal from its lair," late 14c.). Transitive sense of "set in motion or action" is from 1670s; specifically as "to set (machinery) in action" from 1841.\n
   
   \nRelated: Started; starting. To start something "cause trouble" is 1915, American English colloquial. To start over "begin again" is from 191

2. Starting-line in running is from 1855; starting-block in running first recorded 1937.

late 14c., "an involuntary movement of the body, a sudden jump," from start (v.). Meaning "act of beginning to move or act" is from 1560s. Meaning "act of beginning to build a house" is from 1946. That of "opportunity at the beginning of a career or course of action" is from 1849. Paired with finish (n.) at least from 1839. False start first attested 1850.

Etymology 1 n. 1 The beginning of an activity. 2 A sudden involuntary movement. 3 The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. 4 An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match. Etymology 2

vb. 1 (label en transitive) To begin, commence, initiate. 2 # To set in motion. Etymology 3

n. 1 A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. 2 A handle, especially that of a plough. 3 The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket. 4 The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

1. n. the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"

2. the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: middle, end]

3. a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" [syn: starting]

4. a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: startle, jump]

5. the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, commencement] [ant: finish]

6. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game [syn: starting line]

7. a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start" [syn: starting signal]

8. advantage gained by an early start as in a race; "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" [syn: head start]

1. v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end]

2. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, commence] [ant: end]

3. leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off]

4. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" [syn: begin] [ant: end]

5. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" [syn: originate, initiate]

6. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" [syn: start up, embark on, commence]

7. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, jump]

8. get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" [syn: start up] [ant: stop]

9. begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" [syn: go, get going] [ant: stop]

10. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" [syn: take up]

11. play in the starting line-up

12. have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a work-out"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: begin]

13. begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" [syn: begin]

Start can refer to multiple topics:

• Takeoff, the phase of flight where an aircraft transitions from moving along the ground to flying through the air
• Starting lineup in sports
• Standing start and rolling start, in an auto race

Start is Singaporean Mandopop artist Stefanie Sun's first Mandarin and English studio cover album. It was released on 1 February 2002 by Warner Music Taiwan. The album is a collection of 12 of Sun's and her fans' favourite songs.

Start are a Bandy club from Orsha, Belarus who are among the best in the country with several of their players having represented the Belarusian national bandy team.

Category:Bandy clubs in Belarus

Start is a breakfast cereal which has been produced by Kellogg's in the UK since the mid-1980s. Start has been promoted as a cereal designed for improving sports performance. It is made from wheat, corn and oats and a single bowlful is said to provide a third of a human's daily vitamin RDA. It is suitable for vegetarians but not for wheat allergy sufferers.

STart was a spin-off computer magazine from Antic magazine. While Antic focused on the Atari 8-bit family, STart covered the Atari ST computer line. The magazine lasted 42 issues, from Summer 1986 to April/May 1991, outliving its parent. It originally started from Atari ST specific sections in Antic, later becoming a separate monthly publication in 1986. Each issue included a 3.5-inch cover disk.

Its main rivals were ST-Log, which spun out of ANALOG Computing and Compute!'s ST Magazine. Both of these also included a cover disk, and STart outlived both of them.

Start was a short-lived daily tabloid published in Belgrade between late 2005 and early 2006.

After the commercial failure of his Ekipa sports daily, Radisav Rodić, owner of Kurir and Glas javnosti dailies, decided to give Start a try in late 2005. The first issue hit the stands on November 1, 2005.

Resembling Kurir in many ways, many wondered about the commercial reasoning behind a launch of yet another tabloid (admittedly, a little less sensationalist) in the highly saturated Serbian daily newspaper media market.

Edited by Milka Ljubičić, in addition to running the usual political, culturual, life, and social sections, Start tried to compete by offering expanded sports coverage, something that most Serbian tabloids don't do. However, it couldn't keep up and the January 24, 2006 issue turned out to be its last.

Category:Defunct newspapers of Serbia Category:Publications established in 2005 Category:Publications disestablished in 2006 Category:Media in Belgrade

In computing, the command START is a command of the OS/2 and Windows command-line interpreter CMD.EXE (and some versions of COMMAND.COM ) to start programs or batch files or to open files or directories using the default program.

The corresponding Apple Macintosh command is open. The command is also one of the basic commands implemented in the Keyboard Monitor (KMON) of RT-11.

Start was a Polish twin-lens reflex camera of Rolleicord type. It was a first camera produced in Poland after World War II. Camera was produced in numerous versions – Start, Start II, Start B, Start 66 and Start 66S.

Start 66S was exported outside of the Poland under names "NOCO flex" and "Universa Uniflex 66".

The camera was produced respectively by Warszawskie Zakłady Kinotechniczne, Warszawskie Zakłady Fotooptyczne and then by Polskie Zakłady Optyczne.

Start ( Russian: Старт, transliterated Cmapm) was a 35 mm single lens reflex Soviet camera produced by Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk (KMZ) during the years of 1958–1964. The camera was inspired by Exakta camera. Start had Bayonet-mount lenses with Exakta-style shutter release arm, KMZ Helios-44 58 mm 2 normal lens, cloth focal-panel shutter.

An improved version, Start-2, was produced ca. 1963–1964. It had automatic diaphragm and meteric prism.