Practice: start

Test your knowledge of stronger alternatives for "start".

Practice is designed to help you get familiar with the replacement words. Some sentences may have small grammar errors, and sometimes more than one answer could work—focus on choosing the best replacement word.
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Boring sentence
The meeting started at 3:00, and everyone had to be seated on time.

The meeting did ____ at 3:00, and everyone had to be seated on time.