HEAD START

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does head start mean? 

• HEAD START (noun)
  The noun HEAD START has 1 sense:

1. the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

  Familiarity information: HEAD START used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAD START (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

head start; start

Context example:

with an hour's start he will be hard to catch

Hypernyms ("head start" is a kind of...):

advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)

 Context examples 

The same house that Mars will light brilliantly has to do with health and fitness, and so Mars may give you the impetus to return to the gym for a head start on your fitness goal for 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)