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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break ground, break the ice, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, get going, give birth to, give impulse, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lay foundation for, lead, make, make active, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, plunge into, prepare, produce, set about, set in motion, set up, trigger, undertake |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | commence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start action |
| Synonyms: | arise, begin, come into being, come into existence, embark on, enter upon, get cracking, get going, get one's feet wet, get show on road, hit the ground running, inaugurate, initiate, jump into, kick off, launch, lead off, open, originate, start the ball rolling, take up, tear into |
| Antonyms: | cease, complete, end, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interconnect; bring into operation |
| Synonyms: | activate, apply, attach, dovetail, energize, fasten, get going, interact, interlace, interlock, intermesh, interplay, join, lock, mesh, switch on |
| Antonyms: | cancel, defuse, disconnect |
| Main Entry: | found |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being |
| Synonyms: | begin, commence, constitute, construct, create, endow, erect, establish, fashion, fix, form, get going, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, organize, originate, plant, raise, ring in, settle, settle up, start, start the ball rolling, start up |
| Antonyms: | destroy, end |
| Main Entry: | get the lead out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
| Synonyms: | get a move on, get cracking, get going, get it on, hop to it, hustle, look alive, make it snappy, shake a leg, snap to it, step on it |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, proceed physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | stay, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | move |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in motion, put in motion |
| Synonyms: | actuate, advance, blow, budge, bustle, carry, change, climb, crawl, cross, depart, dislocate, disturb, drift, drive, exit, flow, fly, get away, get going, get off, glide, go, go away, head for, hurry, impel, jump, leap, leave, locomote, march, migrate, off-load, position, proceed, progress, propel, pull out, push, quit, relocate, remove, roll, run, scram, shift, ship, shove, skip out, split, stir, switch, take off, transfer, transport, transpose, travel, traverse, walk, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | fix, pause, remain, stay, stop |
| Main Entry: | move |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | motivate, influence |
| Synonyms: | activate, actuate, advocate, affect, agitate, bring, bring up, budge, carry, cause, convert, draw up, drive, excite, get going, give rise to, impel, impress, incite, induce, inspire, inspirit, instigate, introduce, lead, operate, persuade, play on, prevail upon, prompt, propel, propose, push, put forward, quicken, recommend, rouse, shift, shove, start, stimulate, stir, strike, submit, suggest, sway, touch, tug at, turn, urge, work on |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dishearten, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | organize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, systematize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, be responsible for, catalogue, classify, codify, combine, compose, constitute, construct, coordinate, correlate, create, dispose, establish, fashion, fit, form, formulate, frame, get going, get together, group, harmonize, lick into shape, line up, look after, marshal, methodize, mold, pigeonhole, put in order, put together, range, regulate, run, see to, set up, settle, shape, standardize, straighten, straighten out, tabulate, tailor, take care of, whip into shape |
| Antonyms: | destroy, disarrange, disorder, disorganize |
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