Collocations withstart
These are words often used in combination withstart.
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auspicious start
Following its auspicious start, medieval music retained pride of place in twentieth-century musicology.
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consecutive start
He was injured during his 7th game and sidelined for the rest of the season, thereby snapping a 67 game consecutive start streak.
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delayed start
This debate has been rather shorter than usual because of the delayed start.
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disappointing start
It is a somewhat disappointing start from that point of view.
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early start
Instrumental learning: is an early start a key to success?
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fast start
The scheme has got off to a very fast start.
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from the very start
The rhetoric of balance marked the debate from the very start.
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good start
It took a good start.
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impressive start
This reprint of a 1996 special issue is an impressive start to the series.
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inauspicious start
It was an inauspicious start.
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official start
Control groups were also involved (beginners starting in year 4, at age 10-11, the official start at the time).
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promising start
This is a promising start, but not really satisfactory theorizing.
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quick start
Seeking a quick start, the university initially lacked resources to pay faculty.
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rocky start
The journey itself got off to a rocky start.
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rough start
The team had a rough start to the 2008 season.
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scheduled start
One casualty of the current inflamed situation has been the scheduled start of the final status talks.
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shaky start
It has learned from a very shaky start.
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slow start
We show that, after a slow start, private pension plans took off very quickly.
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standing start
It will have to take off from a standing start.
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start button
When the start button was pressed to set the first automatic train in operation it went backwards because the circuit diagrams were incorrect.
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start codon
This analysis helped to locate the position of the translation start codon more precisely.
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start menu
This gave the player time to open the start menu and prepare for the battle.
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transcription start
In this way the transcription start site was determined.
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