HEAD START

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

Example:

with an hour's start he will be hard to catch

Synonyms:

head start; start

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("head start" is a kind of...):

advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)

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