Akademik

start up

verb

1. get going or set in motion (Freq. 2)

- We simply could not start the engine

- start up the computer

• Syn: ↑start

• Ant: ↑stop (for: ↑start)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑startup

• Hyponyms:

• Cause: ↑start, ↑go, ↑get going

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Something ——s something

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

• Derivationally related forms: ↑commencement (for: ↑commence), ↑startup, ↑start (for: ↑start)

• Hypernyms: ↑begin, ↑lead off, ↑start, ↑commence

• Hyponyms: ↑inaugurate, ↑kick off, ↑open

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Something ——s something

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start up [phrasal verb]

1 : to begin to happen or exist

New businesses are starting up all over the state.

The rain started up again.

2 start up or start (something) up or start up (something) : to begin to function or to make (something) begin to function

The car/engine won't start up.

He started the lawn mower up.

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Main Entry: ↑start

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ˌstart ˈup | ˌstart sthˈup derived

to begin working, happening, etc; to make sth do this

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I heard his car start up.

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Start up the engines!

see also ↑start-up

Main entry: ↑start_derived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.