# start

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** A2 (Elementary)
- **Part of speech:** verb, noun
- **Pronunciation:** /stɑːt/
- **English:** to begin doing something
- **Persian:** شروع کردن؛ شروع

## Example

> The film starts at eight.
> فیلم ساعت هشت شروع می‌شود.

## Synonyms

begin

## Opposites

finish, end

## Common phrases

- start work
- start again
- from the start

## Related words

- [finish](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/finish): to complete something or come to the end (A2)
- [run](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/run): to move quickly on your feet (A1)
- [walk](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/walk): to move along on foot at a normal speed (A1)
- [play](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/play): to take part in a game or to make music with an instrument (A1)
- [open](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/open): to move something so that things can go in or out (A1)
- [close](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/close): to shut something such as a door or a shop (A1)
- [look](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/look): to turn your eyes towards something to see it (A1)
- [avoid](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/avoid): to stay away from something or prevent it from happening (B1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/start