third-person singular verb
Begins doing something or begins at a particular time.
She starts to run when the bell rings.
The movie starts in ten minutes.
American English
How to pronounce starts
verb · nounA2Very common word
STAHRTS
/stɑɹts/
One syllable.
Form of start
Starts can be a third-person singular verb or a plural noun.
Begins doing something or begins at a particular time.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
third-person singular verb
Causes an activity, event, or process to begin.
She starts a conversation with everyone she meets.
The coach starts the training session at eight.
third-person singular verb
Makes an engine, machine, or computer begin working, or begins working itself.
He starts the car with a button.
My computer starts very slowly.
third-person singular verb
Moves suddenly because something surprises or frightens it.
He starts at every sudden noise.
The dog starts when the door slams.
Useful expressions
to begin again
The file was wrong, so I started over.
to begin doing something
Let's get started on the presentation.
to begin earlier than other people and gain an advantage
We left early to get a head start.