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n. (act) | 1. kickoff | (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score. |
| ~ place-kicking, place kick | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking. |
| ~ commencement, beginning, start | the act of starting something.; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
n. (time) | 2. beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time | the time at which something is supposed to begin.; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" |
| ~ birth | the time when something begins (especially life).; "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" |
| ~ incipience, incipiency | beginning to exist or to be apparent.; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" |
| ~ point in time, point | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ starting point, terminus a quo | earliest limiting point. |
| ~ threshold | the starting point for a new state or experience.; "on the threshold of manhood" |
n. (event) | 3. kickoff, send-off, start-off | a start given to contestants.; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff" |
| ~ start | the beginning of anything.; "it was off to a good start" |
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