Used in a Sentence

startups

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for startups.

Editorial note

Scientific startups often need credibility, and working with a university all but completely resolves that issue.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of startups gathered in one view.

noun

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

noun

The act or process of starting a process or machine.

noun

(computing, often capitalized) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for startups.

noun

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

noun

The act or process of starting a process or machine.

noun

(computing, often capitalized) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.

Example sentences

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Scientific startups often need credibility, and working with a university all but completely resolves that issue.

2

Some startups are blogs, others combine several third-party APIs and yet others are very data intensive.

3

Hardware startups need more experience than software startups, because there are more moving parts (contract manufacturers, component makers, distributors, standards bodies) and because mistakes are harder to fix.

4

We would still have startups, but the days would be over for 2 guys in a garage starting a successful company.

5

And I am an instructor for Startup Institute, a company that teaches development skills in demand at startups.

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Compensation will be market appropriate for your level and startups at our stage.

7

We work with a range of clients, from global multinationals to single-founder startups.

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I am sure many startups have been created out of a dissatisfaction with the circumstances of the former employment.

9

It's about optionality: startups of all types can now do more with less.

10

European startups would be more than happy to build the next Google.

11

Silicon Valley uses P/E when calculating valuation/revenue, because startups are rarely profitable.

12

My clients have included startups, large companies, arts organizations and creative agencies.

Quote examples

1

This will be even more pertinent to startups in the new "hot" industry of wetware/biotech.

2

"These startups really show that it pays to do the right thing right from the beginning and not just to do it because of the threat of fines and lawsuits."

Proper noun examples

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Startups like Instacart, Stack Exchange, and Docker are using our site to share the software they use and connect with developers.

2

Startups would be mostly the same, hiring lower talent non-union labor.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use startups in a sentence?

Scientific startups often need credibility, and working with a university all but completely resolves that issue.

What does startups mean?

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

What part of speech is startups?

startups is commonly used as noun.