start up

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

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

The sound of a car engine starting up

(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

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Derived terms

startup

Translations

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

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