āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
start off
/stËÉËt ËÉf/
to start off
[phrase form: start]
01
āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϰāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to begin to act, happen, etc. in a particular manner
Intransitive: to start off | to start off with sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workshop started off with an introduction to the basic concepts of the subject.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻļāĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
to begin a journey or movement
Intransitive: to start off somewhere | to start off point in time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers plan to start off at the trailhead and reach the summit by midday.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻā§āϰā§āϞāĻšā§āĻĄ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§āύā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻļā§āϰā§āώ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϰāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to begin the early stages of a period of one's life or profession, often a significant period
Transitive: to start off a period of life or profession
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He started his retirement off by traveling the world and pursuing his long-held passions.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŦā§āĻ āĻ
āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
04
āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϰāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to assist someone in initiating an activity or a task
Transitive: to start off sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He started off the interns by assigning them small tasks to familiarize them with the work environment.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āύāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
05
āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
to begin with a particular role, quality, or condition before possibly changing over time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The day starts off cold but warms up by afternoon.
āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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