start up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
get going or set in motion
We simply could not start the engine
Types & categories
- kick-start hyponym
- hot-wire hyponym
- restart hyponym
- crank up hyponym
- jumpstart hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
get off the ground
Who started this company?
Types & categories
- start hypernym
- inaugurate hyponym
- open hyponym
Related & opposite
- commencement derivation
- inauguration derivation
- start derivation
- commencement derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | stop |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | get going |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | startup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick-start |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot-wire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | restart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crank up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jumpstart |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inauguration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | start |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inaugurate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | open |