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Startup

/ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/

The act or process of starting a process or machine.

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📖 Definitions of "Startup"

noun

1
The act or process of starting a process or machine.
2
A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

🔄 Synonyms of "Startup"

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Word	Definition
inaugurationnoun	The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Startup"

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Word	Definition
inaugurationnoun	The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc.
startingnoun	The act of something that starts.
startnoun	The beginning of an activity.
beginnoun	(nonstandard) Beginning; start.
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.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
openingnoun	An act or instance of making or becoming open.
outsetnoun	An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
activationnoun	Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
inceptionnoun	The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
initializationnoun	(uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin.
initiatenoun	A new member of an organization.
initiationnoun	The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
initializernoun	(programming) A routine that prepares something for use.
initialisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of initialization. [(uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin.]
initialnoun	The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
onsetnoun	(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
commissioningnoun	The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.
outbreaknoun	An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.