Close and Start

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Close noun – The last part of a process or action.

Usage example: managed to conduct the negotiations to a satisfactory close

Start is an antonym for close in topics: end, complete, obstruct, join, ending.

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

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Start noun – The point at which something begins.

Usage example: knew from the start of the game that he would win easily

Close is an antonym for start in topics: begin, beginning.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

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good	good close	good start
high	high close	high start
full	full close	full start
nice	nice close	nice start
Other adjectives: best, brief, short, fast, proper, actual, real, big, great, quick, final, literal.

fire	close fire	start fire
life	close life	start life
company	close company	start company
show	close show	start show
Other nouns: time, way, school, game, program, fight, investigation, conversation, shop, page, times, fights.

Terry Gilliam did this with 12 Monkeys where we start and close with closeups of the protagonist's eyes and watching a young boy.

Source: Once More, with Clarity!
This story is an Ben 10 and Stoked Crossover, to clarify, alternate Season 1 of Stoked; it will start off fairly close to "canon" Season 1, but will gradually start to diverge.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Ben 10
Which they can and will do, they don't start revving their chainsaws until they start getting close...

Source: Demonic Spiders / Resident Evil

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Start and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2022, May 23, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/start

Close & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 23 May. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/start>.

Start or Close. 2016. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/start.

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