Startup Meaning
/ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or process of starting a process or machine.
nounA new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
Sentence Examples
Tom works for a startup.
He started a startup in Algeria.
Their investment in the startup turned out to be a dud.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The young ____ of just three friends created an app that became popular.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her tech ____ became very successful after developing a popular app for sharing local recipes at home.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English start updeverb. English startup Deverbal from start up.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete."
— 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
"But Hob and Iohn of the countrey they stept in churlishly, in their high startvps […]"
— 1592, Robert Greene, A Quip for an Upstart Courtier, London: John Wolfe:
"That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow: if I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way."
— 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The young ____ of just three friends created an app that became popular.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her tech ____ became very successful after developing a popular app for sharing local recipes at home.