start date

When it begins

A start date is the day something begins—an employment period, a project, a subscription, or any scheduled activity.

The term appears frequently in contracts and planning contexts: What's your start date at the new job?

We need to push back the start date by two weeks.

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outset · day one · beginning · new beginning · timeline · activation · launch · hit the ground running · first day · ground zero · opening · go-live · unveiling · debut · milestone · schedule · rollout · inauguration

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temporal endpoint

start dateend date

When something concludes

completion date · termination date · closing date · expiration date · cutoff date

deadline/constraint

start datedeadline

Time limit for completion

due date · target date · delivery date · submission deadline · ship date

Family

start, date, started, starting, starter, starts, initiation, startup, starters

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G