Start Make Good I Year Game Moving Life

• a perfect start to the day
• things didn't look too hopeful at the start of the year.
• if we don't hurry, we'll miss the start of the game.
• the meeting got off to a good/bad start(= started well/badly).

start

1. the point at which something begins
• a perfect start to the day
• Things didn't look too hopeful at the start of the year.
• If we don't hurry, we'll miss the start of the game.
• The meeting got off to a good/bad start(= started well/badly).
• The trip was a disaster from start to finish.
• We’ve had problems (right) from the start.
• This could be the start of something big.
2. the act or process of beginning something
• see also false start
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/false-start
• I'll paint the ceiling if you make a start on the walls.
• I want to make an early start in the morning.
• She's moving abroad to make a fresh start (= to begin a new life).
3. the opportunity that you are given to begin something in a successful way
• They worked hard to give their children a good start in life.
• The job gave him his start in journalism.
4. the place where a race begins
• The runners lined up at the start.
5. an amount of time or distance that somebody has as an advantage over other people at the beginning of a race
• see also head start
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/head-start
• She went into the second round with a five-minute start on the rest of the cyclists.
• I gave the younger children a start.
6. a race or competition that somebody has taken part in
• She has been beaten only once in six starts.
7. an act of moving your body quickly and suddenly because you are surprised, afraid, etc.
• She woke from the dream with a start.
• You gave me quite a start!
8. frequently starting and stopping again; not continuously
• Because of other commitments I can only write my book in fits and starts.
9. used to emphasize the first of a list of reasons, opinions, etc.
• I'm not working there—for a start, it's too far to travel.
10. to make a very good start; to begin something well
• She’s got off to a flying start in her new career.

Extra Examples

• All parents want to give their kids a head start in life.
• Despite a bright start, Liverpool lost the match.
• Despite a promising start, we lost the game.
• Everyone was in a conciliatory mood at the start of the meeting.
• He joined the team prior to the start of the season.
• I clicked the icon in the start menu.
• I think it’s time we made a start.
• Moving to a good school gave Sally a fresh start in life.
• She felt at home in her new job right from the start.
• The company got off to an impressive start this year.
• The fine winter weather heralded a good start to the year.
• The project was doomed from the start.
• The runners walked up to the start line.
• The space project went from a standing start to the moon in ten years.
• This is a thoroughly good book from start to finish.
• right from the very start
• I’ll paint the ceiling if you make a start on the walls.
• If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss the start of the game.
• She’s moving abroad to make a fresh start.
• The meeting got off to a good/bad start.
• The trip was a disaster from start to finish.
• They worked hard to give their children a good start in life.
• We’ve had problems (right) from the start.
• What a perfect start to the day!

Word Origin

• Old English styrtan ‘to caper, leap’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch storten ‘push’ and German stürzen ‘fall headlong, fling’. From the sense ‘sudden movement’ arose the sense ‘initiation of movement, setting out on a journey’ and hence ‘beginning of a process, etc.’.