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1 start-up
(a) (of new business) lancement m;∎ there have been 500 start-ups this year il y a eu 500 créations d'entreprises cette annéestart-up capital capital m initial ou de départ;start-up costs frais m pl de lancement ou d'établissement;start-up loan prêt m initial(b) (Internet company) start-up f, jeune pousse fstart-up disk disquette f de démarrage;start-up mode mode m démarrer;start-up screen écran m d'accueil -
2 seed
seed [si:d]1 noun∎ grass seed semence f pour gazon;∎ to go or to run to seed Horticulture monter en graine; figurative (physically) se laisser aller, se décatir; (mentally) perdre ses facultés;∎ his mother has really gone to seed during the past year sa mère a bien baissé ou s'est bien décatie au cours de l'année passée(b) (in fruit, tomatoes) pépin m∎ the seeds of doubt/of suspicion les germes mpl du doute/de la suspicion∎ the top seeds les meilleurs joueurs mpl classés∎ seeded borders bordures fpl ensemencées∎ to seed clouds ensemencer les nuages(c) (take seeds from → melon, grapes) épépiner∎ he's seeded number 5 il est tête de série numéro 5;∎ seeded player tête f de série►► Finance seed capital capital m initial ou de départ, mise f de fonds initiale;Agriculture seed drill semoir m;British seed merchant grainetier(ère) m,f;Finance seed money capital m initial ou de départ, mise f de fonds initiale;seed pearl perle f minuscule;seed pearls semence f de perles;seed potato pomme f de terre de semence;Horticulture seed tray terrine f à semis;Botany seed vessel péricarpe m -
3 start-up
(b) (of new business) ouverture f, lancement m;∎ there have been 500 start-ups this year il y a eu 500 créations d'entreprises cette année(c) (Internet company) start-up f, jeune pousse f►► Finance start-up capital capital m initial, capital m de départ;Finance start-up costs frais mpl d'établissement;Computing start-up disk disquette f de démarrage;start-up loan prêt m initial;Computing start-up screen écran m d'accueil -
4 first
first [fɜ:st]1. adjective• first things first! les choses importantes d'abord !2. adverba. ( = at first) d'abord ; ( = firstly) premièrement ; ( = in the beginning) au début ; ( = as a preliminary) tout d'abordb. ( = for the first time) pour la première foisc. ( = in preference) plutôt• I'd die first! plutôt mourir !3. noun• another first for Britain ( = achievement) une nouvelle première pour la Grande-Bretagne• first in, first out premier entré, premier sorti• the first I heard of it was when... la première fois que j'en ai entendu parler, c'est quand...c. (British) ( = degree) he got a first ≈ il a eu sa licence avec mention très bien4. compoundspremier-né m, première-née f• on the first floor (British) au premier (étage) ; (US) au rez-de-chaussée ► first form noun (British) ≈ (classe f de) sixième f• he's a first-generation American c'est un Américain de la première génération ► first grade noun (US) cours m préparatoire► first lieutenant noun (British) (in navy) lieutenant m de vaisseau ; (US) (in air force) lieutenant m• to do a first-rate job faire un excellent travail ► First Secretary noun (in Wales) chef du gouvernement régional gallois► first year noun (at university) première année f ; ( = student) étudiant (e) m(f) de première année* * *[fɜːst] 1.1) (of series, group) premier/première m/f ( to do à faire)2) ( of month)4) ( initial moment)the first I knew about his death was a letter from his wife — c'est par une lettre de sa femme que j'ai appris qu'il était mort
5) ( beginning) début m6) ( new experience) première fa first for somebody/something — une première pour quelqu'un/quelque chose
8) GB University ( degree) ≈ mention f très bien (à la licence)2.1) (of series, group) premier/-ière (before n)the first three pages or the three first pages — les trois premières pages
2) ( in phrases)at first glance ou sight — à première vue
3) ( slightest)3.1) ( before others) [arrive, leave] le premier/la premièreto come first — Games, Sport terminer premier/première (in à); fig [career, family] passer avant tout
2) ( to begin with) d'abordfirst she tells me one thing, then something else — elle commence par me dire une chose puis elle me dit le contraire
there are two reasons: first... — il y a deux raisons: d'abord...
3) ( for the first time) pour la première fois4) ( rather) plutôt•• -
5 start
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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