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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Starts"

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Word	Definition
beginverb	(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
commenceverb	(intransitive) To begin, start.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
outsetverb	(Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
set aboutverb	(intransitive) To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon.
head startnoun	(idiomatic) An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
originateverb	(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
take upverb	(transitive) To lift; to raise.
initiateverb	(transitive) To begin; to start.
offsetverb	(transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
set outverb	(intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
set forthverb	(intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition.
firstverb	(transitive, rare) To propose (a new motion) in a meeting, which must subsequently be seconded.
set offverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
start upverb	(transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch.
get goingverb	(intransitive) To leave, to depart, to get moving.
start outverb	To begin.
take offverb	(intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.