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Start up Moderate

Start up has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

get going or set in motion

"We simply could not start the engine"

"start up the computer"

2

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"

3

To rise suddenly.

Example Sentences
"We simply could not start the engine" verb
"start up the computer" verb
"Who started this company?" verb
"We embarked on an exciting enterprise" verb
"I start my day with a good breakfast" verb
"We began the new semester" verb
"The afternoon session begins at 4 PM" verb
"The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" verb
See Also
ramp up start start ups suddenly starting up fume date start over starts up
Related Terms
Antonyms
stop
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
begin
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
kick-start hot-wire restart crank jumpstart inaugurate open
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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