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avviare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • introduce verb To make people known to each other for the first time.
  • launch verb To send something (a rocket, ship, or projectile) into motion, often forcefully.
  • route noun The path or course taken to get from one place to another.
  • start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.

Senses

avviare is used for these senses in English:

  • boot (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
  • fire up (intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start.
  • introduce (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
  • launch (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
  • route (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
  • start (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

introduce — full definition

  1. verb To make people known to each other for the first time.
  2. verb To bring something new into use or practice.

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