Associations to the word «Startup»

Wiktionary

STARTUP, noun. The act or process of starting a process or machine.
STARTUP, noun. A new organization or business venture.
STARTUP, noun. (obsolete) (dialect) (chiefly in plural) a kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people
STARTUP, noun. (obsolete) (dialect) (chiefly in plural) a kind of gaiter or legging

Dictionary definition

STARTUP, noun. The act of setting in operation; "repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive".
STARTUP, noun. 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".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky