started
past simple and past participle ofstart
| 单词 | started |
| 释义 | started past simple and past participle ofstart start verb uk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/startverb(BEGIN)A1[IorT] tobegindoing something: When do you startyourcourse/yournewjob? We'll be starting (thesession) at six o'clock. Can you start(=begina newjob)onMonday? [+ -ing verb]They startedbuildingthehouseinJanuary. [+ to infinitive]I'd just startedtowrite aletterwhen thephonerang. B2[IorT](alsostart up) If abusinessor otherorganizationstarts, or if someone starts one, it iscreatedand starts tooperate: She started her ownsoftwarecompany. A lot of newrestaurantshave started up in theregion. B1[IorT] tobegintohappenor to make somethingbegintohappen: A newseriesaboutwildlifehas started onMondaynights. Policebelievethefirewas started by arsonists. A1[IorT] tobegina set ofactivitieswith the thing orpersonmentioned: Thespeakerstartedwithadescriptionof herjourneytoChina. Give meyouranswersone by one, startingwithLucy. You could startbyweedingthe flowerbeds. He started hisworkinglifeasanengineerbutlaterbecameateacher. [I]informal tobegintocomplainor beannoyingin some way: Don't start with me - we're not going and that's that! informal"It wouldhelpif Richard did somework." "Oh,don't getme started on Richard!" get started tobegin: When can we get started? start a family to haveyourfirstchild start something tobeginanargumentor afight: You couldtelltheguywantedto start something, so we justwalkedaway. start work tobeginbeingemployed: He startedworkat 16 in abakery. to start with B2 at thebeginning, or as the first of several things: We onlyknewtwopeoplein Montreal to start with, but wesoonmadefriends. To start with, we needbettercomputers- then we need moretraining.
Starting and beginning
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Success & failure in business Causing things to happen Complaining Parenting & caring for children Fighting Arguing & disagreeing Applying for a job First and firstly startverb(FIRST POINT)[Iusually+ adv/prep] tobeginat onepointand thenmoveto another, indistanceorrange: Therunstartsat/fromtheentranceto thepark. We'll need to start(off/out)early because thejourneytakessixhours. Tell me whathappened- startat thebeginning. Ticketpricesstartat/from€80 and go up to €500. Departing
startverb(MOVE SUDDENLY)[I] tomoveyourbodysuddenlybecause something hassurprisedorfrightenedyou: He startedatthesoundof thephone. Making short, sudden movements
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Surprised startverb(WORK)B2[IorT](alsostart up) to (causeto)begintoworkoroperate: I'm havingtroublestarting thecar. Theenginewon't start. Machines - Functioning
GrammarBeginorstart? We can use the verbs begin and start to mean the same thing but begin is more formal than start. Begin is an irregular verb. Its past simple form is began and its -ed form is begun:…Phrasal verbsstart(something)off startsomeoneoff start onsomething start on atsomeone start out start over start (something) up Examplesofstartedstarted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Then everything suddenly got much more complicated, as researchersstartedcoming up with new theoretical and methodological bases for language teaching. From theCambridge English Corpus At this point, thingsstartedto fall into place. From theCambridge English Corpus Because my researchstartedout by locating sufficient conditions for stability in heterogeneous capital goods models, and that problem still fascinates me to this day. From theCambridge English Corpus Four children under 5 years havestartedvisiting the dentist, but the remaining ten in this age group are still too young. From theCambridge English Corpus If the rehearsal hadn'tstartedup again, perhaps he might have added others. From theCambridge English Corpus He clearly found running the shrine very stressful: he lost weight and his hairstartedto fall out. From theCambridge English Corpus All had beenstartedon infusions of prostaglandin in the referring hospital prior to transfer to this center. From theCambridge English Corpus Random matrix historystartedin the physics of heavy atoms and multivariate statistics. From theCambridge English Corpus The numerical integration isstartedat the singular point r = 0 by using asymptotic expression of the solutions. From theCambridge English Corpus They generallystartedas small-scale traders and gradually enlarged the scale of their operations. From theCambridge English Corpus The abscess was drained and antibiotic therapy wasstarted. From theCambridge English Corpus The integration must bestartedfrom the downstream singular point and this guarantees the existence of a unique solution. From theCambridge English Corpus The motion thusstartedcontinued downstream in the form of a pair of trailing vortices. From theCambridge English Corpus Theystartedto act as self-conscious actors in the local arenas and, maybe even more important, they were recognised as such by locals and non-locals. From theCambridge English Corpus Hence, hestartedto carry out research that could be applied to such environmental problems as degradation of monuments due to atmospheric pollution. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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