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v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

launch, run, start, execute a program

v. to execute a program or a command

start, begin, commence, cause to start, set in motion

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

manufacture, make up, invent, fabricate, cook up

v. make up something artificial or untrue

start, begin, commence, start up, embark on, get off the ground

v. 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"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

move, prompt, incite, motivate

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

introduce, innovate

v. bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced"

inaugurate, kick off, begin formally

v. commence officially

plant, institute, establish, found, constitute, lay the groundwork for

v. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

forge, devise, formulate, invent, contrive, excogitate

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

design, plan, make a design of

v. make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

develop, work out, evolve

v. work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

launch, mount

v. put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography"

conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise, ideate, conceive of

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

hatch, think of, think up, concoct, dream up

v. devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

cover, hatch, brood, incubate

v. sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

introduce

v. bring in or establish in a new place or environment; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits"

plant, set, put into the soil, set to grow

v. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

scatter

v. sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"

jump, start, startle, move suddenly

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

project, design, plan, contrive

v. make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

improvise, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise

v. perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"

insert, infix, introduce, enter

v. put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"

post, place, base, station, send

v. assign to a station

work, bring, wreak, make for

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

inaugurate, kick off, begin formally

v. commence officially

open, set in action

v. begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech"

develop

v. be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";

break, develop

v. happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"

Synonyms (14)

come from, be from, hail from, originate in

v. come from

full-fledged, fully fledged

adj. (of persons e.g.) having gained full status; "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party"

knowledgeable about

adj. thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience

old, older

adj. old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

practiced, practised

adj. skillful after much practice

veteran, seasoned, veteranlike

adj. rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer"

Antonyms (2)

copy, recreate

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

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