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head start

noun

Definitions

  1. An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected

    An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.

    • Fred gave his younger brother a five-minute head start in the Easter egg hunt.
    • I want to set off at dawn to get a head start over the competition.
    • a day and a half head start

  2. A factor conducive to superiority and success.

    • His father's money gave him a head start in life.

  3. In the United States, a government-funded preschool program for impoverished children.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA