Start

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English

A Sega Mega Drive controller, with the Start button in the middle.

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.

Noun

Start (plural Starts)

  1. A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
Quotations

Etymology 2

Topographic surname, from Old English steort (“tail, promontory”).

Proper noun

Start (plural Starts)

  1. A surname from Old English.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Start is the 35721st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Start is most common among White (94.59%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English start.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtaʁt/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ʃtaːt/ (common; especially northern and central Germany)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Homophone: Staat (nonstandard)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Start m (strong, genitive Startes or Starts, plural Starts or Starte)

  1. start (beginning of a project)
  2. start (beginning point of a race)
  3. takeoff (begin of a flight)

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Start” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Start” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Start” in Duden online
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