What is another word for "start"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "start": about, advance, afore, aforehand, aforementioned, aforesaid, agitation, already, amusement, ance, and, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent, anteposition, anterior, anteriority, anticipate, ball, before, beforehand, bid, bob, bounce, bound, bribe, buck, candidate, candidature, caper, capriole, caracole, chamois, come, coming, curvet, cut, dance, dawn, demivolt.