Start up meaning
Start up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to create a business or organization and begin its operations.
- Past simple
- started up
- Past participle
- started up
- -ing form
- starting up
What start up means
establish an organizationB2
To create a business or organization and begin its operations
They started up a small design studio.
1 more meaning of start up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With start: start off, start again, start on, start on at, start over, start out.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does start up mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to create a business or organization and begin its operations. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of start up?
Started up, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
