start

• october 1992 pact signed between the united states and the former soviet union in which both countries agreed to further reduce the production of nuclear arms
beginning; sudden movement, tremor, jolt; jump, spring; chance, opportunity
begin; open; set out on a journey; move suddenly; protrude; initiate, cause to begin; found, establish; sponsor, assist
if you start to do something, you do something you were not doing before. verb here but can also be used as a singular noun. e.g. we've not made a bad start.
if you start something or if it starts, it comes into existence.
when you start something or when it starts, it begins to happen. verb here but can also be used as a count noun. e.g. ...the start of negotiations.
if you start by doing something, or if you start with something, you do that thing first in a series of actions.
if you start a business or organization, you create it or cause it to begin.
if you start an engine or car or if it starts, it begins to work.
if you start, your body jerks because you are surprised or frightened. verb here but can also be used as a count noun. e.g. he awakened with a start.
if you say that someone started as a particular kind of worker, you mean that that was their first job.
you use for a start to introduce the first of a number of things that you are about to say.
in fits and starts: see fit.
when someone starts off, they begin going in a particular direction.
if you say that someone started off as a particular kind of worker, you mean that that was their first job.
if you start off by doing something or with something, you do it as the first part of an activity.
to start something off means to cause it to start.
if you start on something that needs to be done, you begin doing it.
if someone or something starts out as a particular thing, they are that thing at the beginning although they change later.
if you start out by doing something, you do it at the beginning of an activity.
if you start over or start something over, you start something again from the beginning; used in american english.
if you start up something such as a new business, you create it or cause it to start.
if you start up an engine or car, you make it start to work.
start is an abbreviation for `strategic arms reduction treaty', a treaty signed between the united states and the former soviet union that limited the number of strategic nuclear weapons that each side was allowed to possess.