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start [stα:t]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = beginning) [of book, film, career] début m ; [of negotiations] ouverture f ; [of race] départ m• the start of the academic year (at university) la rentrée universitaire ; (at school) la rentrée des classes• let's make a start on that washing-up allez, on se met à la vaissellec. ( = sudden movement) sursaut m• you gave me such a start! ce que vous m'avez fait peur !a. ( = begin) commencer (to do sth, doing sth à faire qch ) ; [+ task] entreprendre ; [+ bottle, jar, loaf of bread] entamer• to start life as... débuter dans la vie comme...• don't start that again! tu ne vas pas recommencer !• let's get started! allons-y !b. ( = originate, initiate) [+ discussion] commencer ; [+ conversation] engager ; [+ quarrel, reform, series of events] déclencher ; [+ fashion] lancer ; [+ phenomenon, institution] donner naissance à ; [+ custom, policy] inaugurerc. ( = cause to start) [+ engine, vehicle] mettre en marche ; [+ race] donner le signal du départ de• he started the ball rolling by saying... pour commencer, il a dit...• if you start him (off) on that subject... si tu le lances sur ce sujet...a. ( = begin) commencer• let's start! allons-y !• well, to start at the beginning... eh bien, pour commencer par le commencement...• do start before it gets cold! ( = begin to eat) commencez avant que ça ne refroidisse• to start with, there were only three of them, but later... au début ils n'étaient que trois, mais après...• we only had $100 to start with nous n'avions que 100 dollars pour commencer► to start (off) with sth commencer par qch• he started off with the intention of writing a thesis au début son intention était d'écrire une thèseb. ( = leave) [person, ship] partir• ten horses started and only three finished dix chevaux ont pris le départ mais trois seulement ont fini la coursec. ( = get going) [car, engine, machine] démarrerd. ( = jump nervously) [person] sursauter ; [animal] tressaillir4. compounds• to be fast/slow off the starting blocks (figurative) être rapide/lent à démarrer ► starting gate noun starting-gate ma. ( = return) repartirb. ( = recoil) [person, horse] faire un bond en arrière► start off intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ starta. ( = begin) commencer• I started on the job last week (employment) j'ai commencé à travailler la semaine dernière ; (task) je m'y suis mis la semaine dernière→ start► start up intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ start* * *[stɑːt] 1.1) ( beginning) début mto make an early start — ( on journey) partir tôt
that's a good start — lit c'est un bon début; iron ça commence bien
to make a fresh ou new start — prendre un nouveau départ
2) ( advantage) avantage m; (in time, distance) avance f3) Sport ligne f de départ4) ( movement)2.transitive verb1) ( begin) commencer [day, activity]; entamer [bottle, packet]to start doing ou to do — commencer à faire, se mettre à faire
2) (cause, initiate) déclencher [quarrel, war]; instaurer [custom]; mettre [fire]; être à l'origine de [trouble, rumour]; lancer [fashion, enterprise]3) ( activate) faire démarrer [car]; mettre [quelque chose] en marche [machine]3.to start with adverbial phrase1) ( firstly) d'abord, premièrement2) ( at first) au début3) ( at all)4.I should never have told her to start with — pour commencer, je n'aurais jamais dû lui en parler
to start again ou afresh — recommencer
to start on — commencer [memoirs, journey]
don't start on me — ( in argument) ne recommence pas avec moi
starting Wednesday... — à compter de mercredi...
2) ( depart) partir3) ( jump nervously) sursauter (in de)4) Automobile, Technology [car, engine, machine] démarrer•Phrasal Verbs:- start up••
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Very signal — or Very light [ver′ē, vir′ē] n. 〚after E. W. Very (1847 1910), U.S. ordnance expert, who invented it〛 a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night * * * … Universalium
Very signal — or Very light [ver′ē, vir′ē] n. [after E. W. Very (1847 1910), U.S. ordnance expert, who invented it] a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night … English World dictionary
Very pistol — Very s night signals Ver y s night signals, or Very night signals Ver y night signals . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Very night signals — Very s night signals Ver y s night signals, or Very night signals Ver y night signals . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Very's night signals — Ver y s night signals, or Very night signals Ver y night signals . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Very flare — Very flares (named after E. W. Very, 1847 ndash;1907, US inventor) were signal flares, fired from a pistol, used during World War I and World War II (and still used today). They were produced in three color variants: green, red, and white star .… … Wikipedia
Very lights — /ver ee/ a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol (Very pistol). [1910 15; after E. W. Very (1847 1907), U.S. inventor] * * * … Universalium
Very lights — /ver ee/ a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol (Very pistol). [1910 15; after E. W. Very (1847 1907), U.S. inventor] … Useful english dictionary
Very light — n. a flare projected from a pistol for signalling or temporarily illuminating the surroundings. Etymology: E. W. Very, Amer. inventor d. 1910 * * * Very light f12 [ˈveri laɪt] [ˈveri laɪt] noun a bright coloured light that is fired from a gun as… … Useful english dictionary
Very light — noun Etymology: Edward W. Very died 1910 American naval officer Date: 1917 a pyrotechnic signal in a system of signaling using white or colored balls of fire projected from a special pistol … New Collegiate Dictionary
Very lights — Ver′y lights [[t]ˈvɛr i[/t]] n. pl. naut. a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol (Ver′y pis tol) • Etymology: 1910–15; after E. W. Very (1847–1907), U.S. inventor … From formal English to slang
