Meanings
present singular third person starts up · participle present starting up · participle past started up · past started up
- transitiveTo commence the operation of; to activate; to launch.
The four of them started up a law practice.
- intransitiveTo begin to operate.
The engine started up right away.
- colloquialintransitiveTo begin.
The band started up playing.
- intransitiveTo begin to make a sound
First a solitary blackbird started up, but soon the whole forest was alive with birdsong.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνορούω
- ἀνορούω (anoroúō)to rise suddenly
Dutch opstarten
- opstartento begin to operate
Finnish ponnahtaa pystyyn, käynnistyä
- ponnahtaa pystyynto rise suddenly
- käynnistyäto begin to operate
- käynnistääto begin to operate
- laittaa päälleto begin to operate
- perustaato begin to operate
German auftauchen
- auftauchento rise suddenly
Polish podskakiwać, podskoczyć
- podskakiwaćto rise suddenly
- podskoczyćto rise suddenly
- zrywać sięto rise suddenly
- zerwać sięto rise suddenly
- rozpoczynaćto begin to operate
- rozpocząćto begin to operate
Russian вывалиться, взя́ться
- вывалиться (vyvalitʹsja)to rise suddenly
- взя́ться (vzjátʹsja)to rise suddenly
- вынырнуть (vynyrnutʹ)to rise suddenly
- заявиться (zajavitʹsja)to rise suddenly
- нагрянуть (nagrjanutʹ)to rise suddenly
Spanish encender, acender
- encenderto begin to operate
- acenderto begin to operate
- prenderto begin to operate
Cite this entry
start up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/start%20up
“start up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/start%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “start up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/start%20up.
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