starts with
Initiates the action
Starts with indicates the beginning element of something—a word, phrase, sequence, or process.
Her name starts with M.
The recipe starts with browning the onions.
In computing and search functions, "starts with" is a matching criterion that finds items whose initial characters match a given string.
The phrase emphasizes the opening position rather than mere containment.
- beginsStarts to happen
- commencesBegins or initiates
- initiatesStarts or new members
- launchesSends off forcefully
- takes offLeaves or ascends
opens · opening act · originates · ground zero · triggers · kicks off · sets off · ignition · genesis · onset · outset · day one · dawn · birth · spark · first · first step · jumpstart
- string functionsreplace, substring, concatenate, trim, strip
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor