Oxford logo
Toggle navigation
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
TOP
English
English
American English
Academic English
Collocations
Practical English Usage
German-English
English-German
English
American English
Enter search text
Definition of
START
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
START
/stɑːt/
/stɑːrt/
jump to other results
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
Check pronunciation:
START
Other results
All matches
start
verb
start
noun
start-up
noun
start on
start up
start-up
adjective
start off
start out
false start
noun
head start
noun
jump-start
verb
jump-start
noun
kick-start
noun
kick-start
verb
push-start
noun
push-start
verb
start back
start over
flying start
noun
running start
noun
See more
Phrasal verbs
start back
start off
start out
start over
start on somebody
start something
off
start up | start something
up
start somebody off (on something)
start on at somebody (about something) | start on (at somebody) about something
See more
Idioms
don’t start
start something
to start with
for a start
don't you start
from a standing start
get off to a flying start
get/set/start/keep the ball rolling
get/start off on the right/wrong foot (with somebody)
start/get off on the right/wrong foot (with somebody)
See more
Nearby words
start
verb
start
noun
START
start back
phrasal verb
starter
noun
aspiration
noun
From the
Word list
Oxford 5000
C1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day