Start

start START English thumb|300px|upright|A Sega Mega Drive controller, with the Start button in the middle. Alternative forms en start Etymology 1 The verb en start, with initial uppercase letter. Noun en video games A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option. Quotations en Etymology 2 Topographic surname, from en ang steort tail, promontory. Proper noun s en Old English. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Start is the 35721st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Start is most common among White (94.59%) individuals. Etymology 3 Proper noun 1 en UK slang obsolete The city of London, England. en 1851 1861 w:Henry Mayhew w:London Labour and the London Poor It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent into the country to order, carefully packed up, and free from observation. References en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=1820%2C%20raw%20gin%2E-,Start,-%2C%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20START%2C%E2%80%9D Further reading Anagrams en arstt Strat trats tarts strat Tarts en Buttons Nicknames for cities German de: Etymology de :bor en:start de en start. Pronunciation de /ʃtaʁt/ standard de /ʃtaːt/ common; especially northern and central Germany de De-at-Start.ogg Austria de Staat nonstandard de De-Start.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,(e)s,s:e start (beginning of a project) start (beginning point of a race) takeoff, liftoff (beginning of a flight) de 1983 w:Peter Schilling Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst) w:Error in the System Gründlich durchgecheckt steht sie daUnd wartet auf den Start, alles klar Thoroughly checked, [the rocket] stands thereAnd waits for the liftoff, all clear Hyponyms de Fehlstart de Raketenstart de Semesterstart Derived terms de starten Related terms de Starthilfe Startkapital Startknopf Startlauf Startrampe Startschuss Startseite startbereit am Start Further reading