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startup en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ (Canada, US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈstɑɹɾˌʌp] (Canada, US)

Etymology

Deverbal from start up.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of starting a process or machine.
2. (countable, uncountable) A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
   • 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:
3. (capitalized, countable, often, uncountable) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.
   • Add an app to run automatically at startup in Windows 10, Microsoft Support 3. With the file location open, press the Windows logo key + R, type shell:startup, then select OK. This opens the Startup folder. / 4. Copy and paste the shortcut to the app from the file location to the Startup folder.

Forms

Antonyms

shutdown

Coordinates

autostart

Deriveds

startupper · startupish · startup time

Relateds

autostart · launch → launch pad

Translations (58)

fi alkava yritys (new company or organization or business venture) · ru старт-а́п (new company or organization or business venture) · cs startup (new company or organization or business venture) · ja スタートアップ (new company or organization or business venture) · nl opstarting (act or process of starting a process or machine) · ru за́пуск (act or process of starting a process or machine) · pt inicialização (act or process of starting a process or machine) · ja ベンチャー (new company or organization or business venture) · ms syarikat permulaan (new company or organization or business venture) · fr jeune pousse (new company or organization or business venture) · is sprotafyrirtæki (new company or organization or business venture) · nl startup (new company or organization or business venture) · cmn 初創企業 /初创企业 (new company or organization or business venture) · he סטארט אפ (new company or organization or business venture) · fi aloittava yritys (new company or organization or business venture) · pt arranque (act or process of starting a process or machine) · fr mise en route (act or process of starting a process or machine) · fr mise en train (act or process of starting a process or machine) · fi käynnistäminen (act or process of starting a process or machine) · fi käynnistys (act or process of starting a process or machine) · ka სტარტაპი (new company or organization or business venture) · fi startup (new company or organization or business venture) · es arranque (act or process of starting a process or machine) · es empresa emergente (new company or organization or business venture) · pt startup (new company or organization or business venture) · sv uppstartsföretag (new company or organization or business venture) · it inizio (act or process of starting a process or machine) · it avvio (act or process of starting a process or machine) · cmn 新創企業 /新创企业 (new company or organization or business venture) · pl uruchamianie (act or process of starting a process or machine) · pl start-up (new company or organization or business venture) · ka ახალწამოწყებული ბიზნესი (new company or organization or business venture) · cmn 初創公司 /初创公司 (new company or organization or business venture) · fi startup-yritys (new company or organization or business venture) · pl start up (new company or organization or business venture) · ka სტარტაპ-კომპანია (new company or organization or business venture) · pl startup (new company or organization or business venture) · nl opstart (act or process of starting a process or machine) · id pengaktifan (act or process of starting a process or machine) · hy ստարտափ (new company or organization or business venture) · fi nuori kasvuyritys (new company or organization or business venture) · ru старта́п (new company or organization or business venture) · id inisialisasi (act or process of starting a process or machine) · de Startup (new company or organization or business venture) · he סטארטאפ (new company or organization or business venture) · ru старта́п-компа́ния (new company or organization or business venture) · sv gasellföretag (new company or organization or business venture) · ru пуск (act or process of starting a process or machine) · de Inbetriebnahme (act or process of starting a process or machine) · gl arranque (act or process of starting a process or machine) · pt start-up (new company or organization or business venture) · hu indítópult (computing: folder containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in) · he חברת הזנק (new company or organization or business venture) · de Jungunternehmen (new company or organization or business venture) · eo startigo (act or process of starting a process or machine) · he חברת סטארטאפ (new company or organization or business venture) · fr startup (new company or organization or business venture) · ru включе́ние (act or process of starting a process or machine)

startup en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ (Canada, US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈstɑɹɾˌʌp] (Canada, US)
• /ˈstɑːtəp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From start + up, describing a boot that starts up (reaches up) to the middle of the leg.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, in-plural, obsolete) A kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people.
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, London: Hugh Singleton, “Februarie,” Glosse, Galage) a startuppe or clownish shoe.
   • 1619, Michael Drayton, “The Ninth Eglogue” in Pastorals. Contayning Eglogves, With the Man in the Moone, London: John Smethwicke, reproduced in J. William Hebel (ed.), The Works of Michael Drayton, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1932, p. 564, When not a Shepheard any thing that could, But greaz’d his start-ups blacke as Autumns Sloe,
   • 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:
2. (dialectal, in-plural, obsolete) A kind of gaiter or legging.
3. (obsolete) One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.
   • 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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