English

Alternative forms

• start-up

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑrtˌʌp/

Noun

startup ‎(plural startups)

1. A company designed for rapid growth
2. The act or process of starting a process or machine.
3. A new organization or business venture.
   • 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.

Antonyms

• shutdown

Translations

Etymology 2

start +‎ up, describing a boot that starts up (reaches up) to the middle of the leg.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑːtəp/

Noun

startup ‎(plural startups)

1. (obsolete, dialect, chiefly in the plural) a kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people
2. (obsolete, dialect, chiefly in the plural) a kind of gaiter or legging

Anagrams

• upstart

References

• “startup, n1.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, January 2015.

Spanish

Noun

startup f ‎(plural startups)

1. startup