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- ▪ an advantage granted or gained at the beginning of something
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1. : an advantage granted or achieved at the beginning of a race, a chase, or a competition. a 10-minute head start. 2. : a favorable or promising beginning. Examples of head start in a Sentence. They gave me a five-minute head start. She took some extra classes to get a head start in her career.
head start | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ˈhed ˈstɑrt / Add to word list. the advantage of beginning before others in a competition or other situation: If we leave early, we can get a head start on the holiday traffic. (Definition of head start from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
HEAD START meaning: 1. an advantage that someone has over other people in something such as a competition or race: 2…. Learn more.
Head start definition: an advantage given or acquired in any competition, endeavor, etc., as allowing one or more competitors in a race to start before the others.. See examples of HEAD START used in a sentence.
head start (on/over somebody) an advantage that somebody already has before they start doing something. Being able to speak French gave her a head start over the other candidates.
head start meaning: an advantage that someone has over other people: . Learn more.
An early start that confers an advantage, as in This year we'll get a head start on the competition by running more ads . The expression comes from racing, where it was used for a horse being given an advantage of several lengths over the others.
