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Start Begin Started Başlamak Sth Intransitive Transitive Verb

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Kind verb
Front start 
IPA  /stɑːt   / verb
Back başlamak
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start (verb)

 /stɑːt   / verb
 
BEGIN
1 [intransitive, transitive]
 start (sth/to do sth/doing sth)
to begin doing sth
başlamak
 Turn over your exam papers and start now.
 We'll have to start (erken yola koyulmamız gerekecek) early if we want to be in Dover by 10.00.
 Prices start at £5.
 After waiting for an hour, the customers started to complain.
 She started playing the piano when she was six.
 What time do you have to start work in the morning?
 2 [intransitive, transitive]
to begin or to make sth begin to happen
başlamak;
başlatmak
 What time does the concert start?
 I'd like to start the meeting now.
 The police think a young woman may have started the fire.
 note at BEGIN
MACHINE/VEHICLE
3 [intransitive, transitive]
start (sth) (up)
to make an engine, a car, etc. begin to work
çalışmak, işlemek;
çalıştırmak, işletmek
 The car won't start.
 We heard an engine starting up in the street.
 He got onto his motor bike, started the engine and rode away.
ORGANIZATION
4 [intransitive, transitive]
start (sth) (up)
to create a company, an organization, etc.; to begin to exist
kurmak;
kurulmak
 They've decided to start their own business.
 There are a lot of new companies starting up in that area now.
MOVE SUDDENLY
5 [intransitive]
to make a sudden, quick movement because you are surprised or afraid
irkilmek
 A loud noise outside made me start.
IDIOMS
get/start off on the right/wrong foot (with sb)
(informal)
to start a relationship well/badly
 (ilişki) iyi/kötü bir başlangıç yapmak
 I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.
set/start the ball rolling
to start sth (an activity, conversation, etc.) that involves or is done by a group
 (konuşma, faaliyet vb.) başlatmak, açmak
 I told a joke first, to set the ball rolling.
to start (off) with
1 used for giving your first reason for sth
öncelikle
 ‘Why are you so angry?’ ‘Well, to start off with, you're late, and secondly you've lied to me.’
 2 in the beginning; at first
başlangıçta, başta
 Everything was fine to start with, but the marriage quickly deteriorated.
PHRASAL VERBS
start off
to begin in a particular way
-erek başlamak
 I'd like to start off by welcoming you all to Leeds.
start on sth
to begin doing sth that needs to be done
girişmek, kalkışmak
 Haven't you started on the washing-up yet?
start out
1 to begin your life, career, etc. in a particular way that changed later
 (hayata vb.) başlamak
 She started out as a teacher in Glasgow.
 2 to begin to do sth, especially in business or work
 (iş vb.) yola çıkmak
 to start out in business
 She started out on her legal career in 2011.
 When the band started out, none of us had much money.
start out (to do sth)
to have a particular intention when you begin sth
 (niyet ederek) başlamak
 I started out to tidy my desk but ended up tidying the whole room.
start over
(US)
to begin again
yeniden başlamak
 I've made a lot of mistakes – I'd better start over.
 
 

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