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单词 head starts
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head start

noun

1
: an advantage granted or achieved at the beginning of a race, a chase, or a competition
a 10-minute head start
2
: a favorable or promising beginning

Example Sentences

They gave me a five-minute head start. She took some extra classes to get a head start in her career. His natural athletic talent gave him a head start on his peers.
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Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

head start

noun

: an advantage given at the beginning (as to a school child or a runner)

head starts

noun

plural of head start
as in legs up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • legs up
  • inside tracks
  • transcendences
  • supremacies
  • high grounds
  • upper hands
  • dominances
  • starts
  • transcendencies
  • ascendancies
  • predominances
  • margins
  • whip hands
  • catbird seats
  • ascendencies
  • odds
  • allowances
  • advantages
  • seniorities
  • edges
  • leads
  • jumps
  • steads
  • vantages
  • betters
  • bulges
  • pulls
  • drops
  • superiorities
  • mannas
  • privileges
  • opportunities
  • prerogatives
  • precedences
  • masteries
  • benefits
  • preferences
  • commands
  • footholds
  • felicities
  • windfalls
  • godsends
  • breaks
  • blessings
  • boons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disadvantages
  • liabilities
  • penalties
  • drawbacks
  • strikes
  • minuses
  • detriments
  • shortcomings
  • disparities
  • handicaps
  • bars
  • strangleholds
  • imbalances
  • disabilities
  • failings
  • stops
  • checks
  • impediments
  • impairments
  • shackles
  • interferences
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • hitches
  • clogs
  • lets
  • hurdles
  • manacles
  • catches
  • trammels
  • embarrassments
  • rubs
  • hindrances
  • crimps
  • setbacks
  • inequalities
  • lurches
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