noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Canada, US:/ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/
Canada, US:[ˈstɑɹɾˌʌp]
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstɑːtəp/
CMU ARPABET:S T AA1 R T AH2 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of starting a process or machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Add an app to run automatically at startup in Windows 10, Microsoft Support 3. With the file location open, press the Windows logo key + R, type shell:startup, then select OK. This opens the Startup folder. / 4. Copy and paste the shortcut to the app from the file location to the Startup folder.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, in-plural, obsolete
Examples
1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, London: Hugh Singleton, “Februarie,” Glosse, Galage) a startuppe or clownish shoe.
1619, Michael Drayton, “The Ninth Eglogue” in Pastorals. Contayning Eglogves, With the Man in the Moone, London: John Smethwicke, reproduced in J. William Hebel (ed.), The Works of Michael Drayton, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1932, p. 564, When not a Shepheard any thing that could, But greaz’d his start-ups blacke as Autumns Sloe,
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A kind of gaiter or legging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, in-plural, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
the act of starting a new operation or practice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation
the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inauguration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning, start, commencement
8
noun
Meaning 8
the act of setting in operation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning, start, commencement
History
Etymology
Deverbal from start up.
From start + up, describing a boot that starts up (reaches up) to the middle of the leg.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Dutch:
opstart
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Dutch:
opstarting
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Esperanto:
startigo
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Finnish:
käynnistys
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Finnish:
käynnistäminen
— act or process of starting a process or machine
French:
mise en route
— act or process of starting a process or machine
French:
mise en train
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Galician:
arranque
— act or process of starting a process or machine
German:
Inbetriebnahme
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Indonesian:
inisialisasi
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Indonesian:
pengaktifan
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Italian:
avvio
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Italian:
inizio
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Polish:
uruchamianie
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Portuguese:
inicialização
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Portuguese:
arranque
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Russian:
за́пуск
(zápusk)
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Russian:
пуск
(pusk)
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Russian:
включе́ние
(vključénije)
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Spanish:
arranque
— act or process of starting a process or machine
Armenian:
ստարտափ
(startapʻ)
— new company or organization or business venture
Chinese Mandarin:
初創公司 /初创公司
(chūchuàng gōngsī)
— new company or organization or business venture
Chinese Mandarin:
新創企業 /新创企业
(xīnchuàng qǐyè)
— new company or organization or business venture
Chinese Mandarin:
初創企業 /初创企业
(chūchuàng qǐyè)
— new company or organization or business venture
Czech:
startup
— new company or organization or business venture
Dutch:
startup
— new company or organization or business venture
Finnish:
startup-yritys
— new company or organization or business venture
Finnish:
startup
— new company or organization or business venture
Finnish:
aloittava yritys
— new company or organization or business venture
Finnish:
alkava yritys
— new company or organization or business venture
Finnish:
nuori kasvuyritys
— new company or organization or business venture
French:
startup
— new company or organization or business venture
French:
jeune pousse
— new company or organization or business venture
Georgian:
სტარტაპი
(sṭarṭaṗi)
— new company or organization or business venture
Georgian:
სტარტაპ-კომპანია
(sṭarṭaṗ-ḳomṗania)
— new company or organization or business venture
Georgian:
ახალწამოწყებული ბიზნესი
(axalc̣amoc̣q̇ebuli biznesi)
— new company or organization or business venture
German:
Jungunternehmen
— new company or organization or business venture
German:
Startup
— new company or organization or business venture
Hebrew:
סטארטאפ
(stártap)
— new company or organization or business venture
Hebrew:
חברת סטארטאפ
(khevrát stártap)
— new company or organization or business venture
Hebrew:
חברת הזנק
(khevréat heznék)
— new company or organization or business venture
Hebrew:
סטארט אפ
(stárt áp)
— new company or organization or business venture
Icelandic:
sprotafyrirtæki
— new company or organization or business venture
Japanese:
スタートアップ
(sutātoappu)
— new company or organization or business venture
Japanese:
ベンチャー
(benchā)
— new company or organization or business venture
Malay:
syarikat permulaan
— new company or organization or business venture
Polish:
startup
— new company or organization or business venture
Polish:
start-up
— new company or organization or business venture
Polish:
start up
— new company or organization or business venture
Portuguese:
startup
— new company or organization or business venture
Portuguese:
start-up
— new company or organization or business venture
Russian:
старта́п
(startáp)
— new company or organization or business venture
Russian:
старт-а́п
(start-áp)
— new company or organization or business venture
Russian:
старта́п-компа́ния
(startáp-kompánija)
— new company or organization or business venture
Spanish:
empresa emergente
— new company or organization or business venture
Swedish:
gasellföretag
— new company or organization or business venture
Swedish:
uppstartsföretag
— new company or organization or business venture
Hungarian:
indítópult
— computing: folder containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in
