head start
An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.
Fred gave his younger brother a five-minute head start in the Easter egg hunt.
start
UK /stɑːt/ US /stɑːt/
noun 12verb 5name 3adv 1
Definitions
noun
1
The beginning of an activity.
The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, / Straining upon the start.
2
A sudden involuntary movement.
He woke with a start.
Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry.
3
The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.
4
An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.
Wilshere, who made his first start for England in the midweek friendly win over Denmark, raced into the penalty area and chose to cross rather than shoot - one of the very few poor selections he made in the match.
5
A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
You generally see nursery starts at garden centres in mid to late spring. Small annual plants are generally sold in four-packs or larger packs, with each cell holding a single young plant.
verb
1
To begin, commence, initiate.
to start a stream of water; to start a rumour; to start a business
I was some years ago engaged in conversation with a fashionable French Abbe, upon a subject which the people of that kingdom love to start in discourse.
2
To begin, commence, initiate.
The President fired the gun to start the footrace.
The rain started at 9:00.
3
To begin, commence, initiate.
to start the engine
4
To begin, commence, initiate.
5
To begin, commence, initiate.
Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start.
noun
1
An instance of starting.
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