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Definition of Start up

1. Verb. Get going or set in motion. "Start up the computer"

2. Verb. Get off the ground. "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

Definition of Start up

1. Verb. (intransitive) To rise suddenly. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To begin to operate. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive colloquial) To begin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Start Up

starstone starstones starstruck starstuff start start-off start-up start-ups start codon start codons

start off start off on the wrong foot start out start over start the ball rolling start up startable startbox startboxes started

started up starter starter dough starter doughs starter marriage starter marriages starter motor starter strip starter strips starters

Literary usage of Start up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... Town— Arrival at the mouth of the Congo River—start up the Congo- Visit from two of the Executive Committee of the Congo State- Unpleasant thoughts. ..."

2. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... and Cape Town— Arrival at the mouth of the Congo River—start up the Congo— Visit from two ... start up ..."

3. A New Economy?: The Changing Role of Innovation and Information Technology ...by Alessandra Colecchia, OECO (Organization for Economic Cooperat by Alessandra Colecchia, OECO (Organization for Economic Cooperat (2000)
"Start-up firms play an important role in the innovation process Small ... The changing innovation process has brought small start-up firms to the fore, ..."

4. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"Start-Up Procedures Written procedures to ensure that personnel do not return to the laboratory until the emergency is ended, and start-up procedures that ..."

5. In Darkest Africa; Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"Tib and Cape Town- Arrival at the mouth of the Congo River—start up the Congo— Visit from two of the Executive Committee of the Congo State— Unpleasant ..."

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