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Look up: start

  1. START
    acronym: System for Analysis, Research, and Training (IGBP, WCRP, and HDP)
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. start
    [n] - the beginning of anything 2. [n] - advantage gained by an early start as in a race 3. [n] - a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) 4. [v] - begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job 5. [v] - begin or set in motion 6. [v] - get going or set in motion 7. [v] - get off the ground 8. [v] - play in the starting line-up, in team sports
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. START
    Acronym for Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. START
    State-of-the-Art Oncology in Europe
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/~mlshams/acrony

  5. start
    the diving entry in the water used in swimming races. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Start
    Start intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle started ; present participle & verbal noun starting .] [ Middle English sterten ; akin to Dutch storten 8hurl, rush, fall, German stürzen , Old High German sturzen to turn over, to fall, Swedish störa to cast down, to fall, Danish styrte ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/186

  7. Start
    Start transitive verb 1. To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox. « Upon malicious bravery dost thou come To start my quiet?» Shak. « Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar.» Shak. 2. To bring onto being or into view; to ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/186

  8. Start
    Start noun 1. The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion. « The fright awakened Arcite with a start Dryden. 2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. « For she did speak in starts distractedly.» Shak. � ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/186

  9. Start
    Start noun [ Middle English stert a tail, Anglo-Saxon steort ; akin to LG. stert , steert , Dutch staart , German sterz , Icelandic stertr , Danish stiert , Swedish stjert . √166. Confer Stark naked , under Stark , Start , intransitive verb ] 1. A tail, or anything projec ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/186

  10. start
    1. To leap; to jump. ... 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. 'And maketh him out of his sleep to start.' (Chaucer) 'I start as from some dreadful dream.' (Dryden) 'Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside.' (I. Watts) 'But if he start, It is the fl ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. start
    starting line noun a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. start
    head start noun advantage gained by an beginning early (as in a race); `with an hour`s start he will be hard to catch`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. start
    noun the beginning of anything; `it was off to a good start`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. start
    noun a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); `he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital`; `his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. start
    embark on verb get off the ground; `Who started this company?`; `We embarked on an exciting enterprise`; `I start my day with a good breakfast`; `We began the new semester`; `The afternoon session begins at 4 PM`; `The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. start
    verb get going or set in motion; `We simply could not start the engine`; `start up the computer`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. start
    pop verb bulge outward; `His eyes popped`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. Start
    • (v. i.) To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. • (v. i.) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. • (v. t.) To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. start
    1. the beginning of anything
    2. the time at which something begins
    3. a sudden involuntary movement
    4. a signal to begin (as in a race)

    Found on

  20. START
    (Spacecraft Technology and Advanced Reentry Test) A United States Air Force program to experiment with lifting bodies, which began after the cancellation of the Dyna-Soar project. It began in 1960 using subscale models of the X-20 Dyna-Soar to test materials, and continued with ...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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10 February 2010

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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