start (redirected from starting off)

start noun beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, embarkation, emergence, evolution, exordium, first step, foundation, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, infancy, initiation, initium, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, scare, source, threshold

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start verb begin, commence, create, embark on, emerge, evolve, file, give birth to, inaugurate, incept, insinuate, install, introduce, invent, open, originate, set off, take the first step, take the initiative
Associated concepts: commence an action, start proceedings

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See also: arise, cause, commence, conceive, create, embark, embryo, establish, generate, genesis, impel, impetus, inception, incite, initiate, invent, launch, maintain, nascency, onset, originate, origination, outset, overt act, postulate, preface, prelude, stem, threshold, undertake, unveil