start up

See also: startup, start-up, and Start-up

English edit

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /stɑːˈtʌp/
(US) IPA^(key): /stɑɹˈtʌp/

Verb edit

start up (third-person singular simple present starts up, present participle starting up, simple past and past participle started up)

Examples

The sound of a car engine starting up

(file)

(intransitive) To rise suddenly.
He started up when he heard the scream.
(transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch.
The four of them started up a law practice.
(intransitive) To begin to operate.
The engine started up right away.
(intransitive, colloquial) To begin.
The band started up playing.

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:start up.

Derived terms edit

startup

Translations edit

to rise suddenly

Finnish: ponnahtaa pystyyn
German: auftauchen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀνορούω (anoroúō)
Russian: вывалиться (ru) (vyvalitʹsja), взя́ться (ru) (vzjátʹsja), вынырнуть (ru) (vynyrnutʹ), заявиться (ru) (zajavitʹsja), нагрянуть (ru) (nagrjanutʹ)

to begin to operate

Dutch: opstarten (nl)
Finnish: käynnistyä (fi) (intr.); käynnistää (fi), laittaa päälle, perustaa (fi) (tr.)

Anagrams edit

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