startup
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/
Etymology 1
From the verb phrase start up.
Alternative forms
Noun
startup (plural startups)
- The act or process of starting a process or machine.
- A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
- 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- 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.
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Antonyms
Translations
act or process of starting a process or machine
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new company or organization or business venture
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɑːtəp/
Noun
startup (plural startups)
References
- “startup, n1.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, January 2015.
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