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# start

noun (start, starts); verb (start, starts, started, starting)

«start» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The start is the beginning of something: the start of the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#m1)
2. To start is to begin to do something: start reading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#m2)
3. To start something is to make it begin or work: start the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#m3)
4. To start can mean to jump a little in surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#m4)
5. «For a start» means as the first point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#m5)
6. To start for a place means to set off on a journey towards it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#m6)

### In the lessons

the first step of a scene or story, before any change («At the start, Ben had 9 cards» = the first count); a question about the start means undoing the changes; in sport the start line; in everyday life «start school», «start again», «a fresh start»; in safety «start the car» is only for adults

### Examples

- What if at the start I had put two pears instead? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x1)
- At the start, Ben had 9 cards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x2)
- How many cards did Zoe have at the start? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x3)
- The race starts at ten o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x4)
- Let's start from the beginning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x5)
- It started to rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x6)
- I start school next week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x7)
- The loud bang made me start. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x8)
- Stand behind the start line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x9)
- Toward evening they started for home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/#x10)

### Note

«at the start» marks the first count. Trap: when the question asks for the start, undo the changes: add back what went, take away what came. Past «started». Opposite: end, finish. «start» and «begin» mean nearly the same.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means to begin, as the series of numbers begins from one.

**Interpretation.** The Sefer Yetzirah teaches that all numbers come from one, as everything comes from the One God. This is a picture of unity at the heart of creation.

### Examples

- 11) As the infinite series of numbers starts from one unit, so was the whole Universe formed a unity, that centres in the Godhead. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x1)
- And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; (Writings ECC.12.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x2)

### Note

«at the start» marks the first count. Trap: when the question asks for the start, undo the changes: add back what went, take away what came. Past «started». Opposite: end, finish. «start» and «begin» mean nearly the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «start» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«start» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/start.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «start» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«start» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/start.html) on Mova free.