Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with start in American Collocation
start
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/stɑrt/
good
auspicious
bright
brilliant
encouraging
excellent
explosive
fantastic
good
great
impressive
perfect
positive
promising
terrific
Altogether this was a promising start for the coming season.
fairly good
decent
modest
solid
steady
David and Tom opened the innings and got us off to a steady start.
bad
bad
disappointing
disastrous
inauspicious
poor
terrible
A bad start influences the audience, and is difficult to recover from.
uncertain
false
nervous
rocky
shaky
After a rather shaky start, the side settled down to score some excellent goals.
difficult
tough
He has had a tough start in life.
quick
immediate
prompt
We will make an immediate start on that.
slow
slow
sluggish
After a slow start, markets picked up significantly in May and June.
new
clean
fresh
They asked me to stay, but I felt it was time for a fresh start.