| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A factor conducive to superiority and success: advantage, handicap, head start, odds, vantage. See HELP. 2. The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence: beginning, commencement, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, initiation, launch, leadoff, opening, origination. Informal : kickoff. See START. 3. The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, spring. See START. 4. A sudden and involuntary movement: bolt, jump, startle. See MOVE. | | VERB: | 1. To come into being: arise, begin, commence, originate. See START. 2. To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust: blench1, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, shy1, wince. See APPROACH, SEEK. 3. To bring into existence formally: constitute, create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, set up. See START. 4. To move suddenly and involuntarily: bolt, jump. See MOVE. 5. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, take on, take up, undertake. Informal : kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See START.
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