Advanced Vocabulary - Ways to Say Start
Match the verbs on the left with their definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
- activate
- set out
- issue
- inaugurate
- launch
- sprout
- dawn
- induce
- instigate
- originate
- mark the beginning of a new period, style, or activity
- use a drug to make a pregnant woman start giving birth
- make something such as a device or chemical process start working
- (of plants or seeds) begin to grow or germinate, give off shoots or buds
- start a computer program
- come from a particular place or start in a particular situation
- start a journey, especially a long journey
- make a process start, especially one relating to law or politics
- begin to become light as the sun rises
- start a legal process against sb, especially by means of an official document
