start off
start
stɑ:rt
staart
off
ɔf
awf
/stˈɑːt ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "start off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to start off
[phrase form: start]
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin to act, happen, etc. in a particular manner
Intransitive: to start off | to start off with sth
to start off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workshop started off with an introduction to the basic concepts of the subject.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin a journey or movement
Intransitive: to start off somewhere | to start off point in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers plan to start off at the trailhead and reach the summit by midday.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϞāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

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
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He started his retirement off by traveling the world and pursuing his long-held passions.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assist someone in initiating an activity or a task
Transitive: to start off sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He started off the interns by assigning them small tasks to familiarize them with the work environment.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin with a particular role, quality, or condition before possibly changing over time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The day starts off cold but warms up by afternoon.
āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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