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startup |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Start-up \Start"-up`\, n. 1. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] --Drayton. A startuppe or clownish shoe. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Start-up \Start"-up`\, a. Upstart. [R.] --Walpole. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: startup n 1: the act of setting in operation; "repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive" 2: the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes" [syn: {inauguration}]
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