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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope