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English noun: kickoff | |||
| 1. | kickoff (act) (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beginning, commencement, place kick, place-kicking, start | ||
| Domain category | football, football game | ||
| 2. | kickoff (time) the time at which something is supposed to begin | ||
| Samples | They got an early start. She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her. | ||
| Synonyms | beginning, commencement, first, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point, point in time | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | birth, incipience, incipiency, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold | ||
| Antonyms | end, ending, middle | ||
| 3. | kickoff (event) a start given to contestants | ||
| Samples | I was there with my parents at the kickoff. | ||
| Synonyms | send-off, start-off | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | start | ||
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