started

start-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *start*; began or set in motion.

  2. 2.

    Caused to begin functioning.

  3. 3.

    Made a sudden involuntary movement.

Related words

Antonyms: ended, finished, stopped
See also: begin, start, starting
Synonyms: began, commenced, initiated

Etymology

From start (Old English styrtan, "to leap, jump up") + -ed (past tense suffix). The word retains the regular past tense formation of the base verb.