"start up" meaning in English

See start up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /stɑːˈtʌp/ [UK], /stɑɹˈtʌp/ [US] Forms: starts up [present, singular, third-person], starting up [participle, present], started up [participle, past], started up [past], The sound of a car engine starting up [canonical]
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 entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with audio examples, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 40 16 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 13 50 18 19 Disambiguation of Entries with audio examples: 17 41 20 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 41 20 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 42 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 56 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 48 16 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 46 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 57 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 54 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 55 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 58 14 15
  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), encender (Spanish), acender (Spanish), prender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-start_up-en-verb-1hdjmMhF Disambiguation of 'to begin to operate': 0 6 69 25
  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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        "To rise suddenly."
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        "(intransitive) To rise suddenly."
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        "To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch."
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        "(transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch."
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        "To begin to operate."
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        "(intransitive) To begin to operate."
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          "sense": "to begin to operate",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to begin to operate",
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          "_dis1": "0 6 69 25",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to begin to operate",
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        "To begin."
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        "(intransitive, colloquial) To begin."
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          "word": "autostart"
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      "ipa": "/stɑɹˈtʌp/",
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}
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        "To rise suddenly."
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        "(intransitive) To rise suddenly."
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        "To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch."
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        "(transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch."
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "ponnahtaa pystyyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "auftauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anoroúō",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "ἀνορούω"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "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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      "roman": "vynyrnutʹ",
      "sense": "to rise suddenly",
      "word": "вынырнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "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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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "opstarten"
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      "sense": "to begin to operate",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "käynnistää"
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    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "encender"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "acender"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to begin to operate",
      "word": "prender"
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  "word": "start up"
}

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