(n)start, startinga turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)“he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital”, “his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen”
(v)get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commencetake the first step or steps in carrying out an action“We began working at dawn”, “Who will start?”, “Get working as soon as the sun rises!”, “The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”, “He began early in the day”, “Let's get down to work now”
(v)begin, lead off, start, commenceset in motion, cause to start“The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”, “The Iraqis began hostilities”, “begin a new chapter in your life”
(v)begin, starthave a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense“The DMZ begins right over the hill”, “The second movement begins after the Allegro”, “Prices for these homes start at $250,000”
(v)start, start up, embark on, commenceget off the ground“Who started this company?”, “We embarked on an exciting enterprise”, “I start my day with a good breakfast”, “We began the new semester”, “The afternoon session begins at 4 PM”, “The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack”
(v)begin, starthave a beginning characterized in some specified way“The novel begins with a murder”, “My property begins with the three maple trees”, “Her day begins with a workout”, “The semester begins with a convocation ceremony”
(v)begin, startbegin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object“begin a cigar”, “She started the soup while it was still hot”, “We started physics in 10th grade”