"start up" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /stɑːˈtʌp/ [UK], /stɑɹˈtʌp/ [US] Forms: starts up [present, singular, third-person], starting up [participle, present], started up [participle, past], started up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} start up (third-person singular simple present starts up, present participle starting up, simple past and past participle started up)
  1. (intransitive) To rise suddenly. Tags: intransitive Translations (to rise suddenly): ἀνορούω (anoroúō) (Ancient Greek), ponnahtaa pystyyn (Finnish), auftauchen (German), вывалиться (vyvalitʹsja) (Russian), взя́ться (vzjátʹsja) (Russian), вынырнуть (vynyrnutʹ) (Russian), заявиться (zajavitʹsja) (Russian), нагрянуть (nagrjanutʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-start_up-en-verb-Jd7eDKFL Disambiguation of 'to rise suddenly': 100 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-start_up-en-verb-QoFdVEyl Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 18 34 20 27
  3. (intransitive) To begin to operate. Tags: intransitive Translations (to begin to operate): opstarten (Dutch), käynnistyä [intransitive] (Finnish), käynnistää (Finnish), laittaa päälle (Finnish), perustaa [transitive] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-start_up-en-verb-1hdjmMhF Disambiguation of 'to begin to operate': 0 7 69 24
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) To begin. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Derived forms: startup Related terms: autostart, launch
    Sense id: en-start_up-en-verb-hjbS4o23

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To begin to operate."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "ponnahtaa pystyyn"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "auftauchen"
    },
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      "roman": "anoroúō",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "ἀνορούω"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyvalitʹsja",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "вывалиться"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "взя́ться"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vynyrnutʹ",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "вынырнуть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zajavitʹsja",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "заявиться"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagrjanutʹ",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "нагрянуть"
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      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "opstarten"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin to operate",
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      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "käynnistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "laittaa päälle"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin to operate",
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      "word": "perustaa"
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