head startn.

Brit.

/ˌhɛd ˈstɑːt/, U.S.

/ˈhɛd ˈstɑrt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, start n.²

Etymology: < head n.¹ + start n.² Compare ahead adv. 3.

a. An instance of starting ahead of or before others, as in a race, chase, etc., sometimes by a specified amount; the fact of having such an advantage.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > start given over another

law1600

head start1859

1859 Dundee Courier 1 June 4/6 While I was in for the lemonade, off started the cars; and when I got with the lemonade in my hand, there they was [with] a hundred yards head start. Lor! didn't I holler!

1861 Ladies' Compan. 19 130/1 As I got some head-start while the boat was getting under way, I managed to keep up with it for some distance.

1932 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. 27/8 Corny Shields, in the smaller Skippy, made up more than a two-minute head start of the 14-foot dinghies.

1973 J. Pattinson Search Warrant ii. 37 He decided to spend the night in Philadelphia... The other man had a head start anyway.

2002 C. Hiaasen Basket Case xvii. 158 By the time I get the Mustang started,..Cleo's studhunk already has a five-block head start.

b. In extended use: an early or initial advantage, esp. over others having the same aim.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > advantageous position over others

start1569

head start1881

the catbird seat1942

1881 Lippincott's Mag. Jan. 100/1 May they not well sink their pride a little and be glad that the world is ready to give them a ‘head-start’?

1935 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. (1964) 6 You and Peaches..had a superficial head-start with prettiness.

1962 Economist 18 Aug. 620/2 The research data needed to give them a head-start in the market.

1983 Trans. Philol. Soc. 29 A tagged corpus..provides a head start for anyone undertaking more advanced linguistic analyses of the corpus.

2003 Westender (Brisbane) 3 Dec. 9/3 A 100 years of access to education and western contact have given them a head start on other women in the Solomon Islands.

2. Chiefly with capital initials. A federal educational and welfare programme in the United States, intended to help children in low-income households prepare for schooling. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1965 L. B. Johnson in Los Angeles Times 13 Jan. i. 16/2 Action on a wide front will begin this summer through a special ‘head-start’ program for children who are scheduled to begin school next fall. In addition, funds for low-income schools..will be devoted to these vital pre-school programs.

1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 3 Feb. (1970) 235 Sarge [Shriver] asked me if I would consider and sponsor the program Head Start.

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1075/1 The Headstart Programme will..stand or fall not on what it achieves in the pre-school years, but on whether or not these diversions of development are subsequently reinforced.

1988 C. Hammerschlag Dancing Healers (1989) i. 19 I taught groups of community health workers, nurses.., Head Start teachers, tribal jailers and inmates.

2003 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 July a15/2 Head Start has been a proven success both in educational achievement and in creating the social competence children need at home, at school and in their communities.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head start
释义	head startn. Brit. /ˌhɛd ˈstɑːt/, U.S. /ˈhɛd ˈstɑrt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, start n.² Etymology: < head n.¹ + start n.² Compare ahead adv. 3. 1. a. An instance of starting ahead of or before others, as in a race, chase, etc., sometimes by a specified amount; the fact of having such an advantage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > start given over another law1600 head start1859 1859 Dundee Courier 1 June 4/6 While I was in for the lemonade, off started the cars; and when I got with the lemonade in my hand, there they was [with] a hundred yards head start. Lor! didn't I holler! 1861 Ladies' Compan. 19 130/1 As I got some head-start while the boat was getting under way, I managed to keep up with it for some distance. 1932 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. 27/8 Corny Shields, in the smaller Skippy, made up more than a two-minute head start of the 14-foot dinghies. 1973 J. Pattinson Search Warrant ii. 37 He decided to spend the night in Philadelphia... The other man had a head start anyway. 2002 C. Hiaasen Basket Case xvii. 158 By the time I get the Mustang started,..Cleo's studhunk already has a five-block head start. b. In extended use: an early or initial advantage, esp. over others having the same aim. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > advantageous position over others start1569 head start1881 the catbird seat1942 1881 Lippincott's Mag. Jan. 100/1 May they not well sink their pride a little and be glad that the world is ready to give them a ‘head-start’? 1935 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. (1964) 6 You and Peaches..had a superficial head-start with prettiness. 1962 Economist 18 Aug. 620/2 The research data needed to give them a head-start in the market. 1983 Trans. Philol. Soc. 29 A tagged corpus..provides a head start for anyone undertaking more advanced linguistic analyses of the corpus. 2003 Westender (Brisbane) 3 Dec. 9/3 A 100 years of access to education and western contact have given them a head start on other women in the Solomon Islands. 2. Chiefly with capital initials. A federal educational and welfare programme in the United States, intended to help children in low-income households prepare for schooling. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1965 L. B. Johnson in Los Angeles Times 13 Jan. i. 16/2 Action on a wide front will begin this summer through a special ‘head-start’ program for children who are scheduled to begin school next fall. In addition, funds for low-income schools..will be devoted to these vital pre-school programs. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 3 Feb. (1970) 235 Sarge [Shriver] asked me if I would consider and sponsor the program Head Start. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1075/1 The Headstart Programme will..stand or fall not on what it achieves in the pre-school years, but on whether or not these diversions of development are subsequently reinforced. 1988 C. Hammerschlag Dancing Healers (1989) i. 19 I taught groups of community health workers, nurses.., Head Start teachers, tribal jailers and inmates. 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 July a15/2 Head Start has been a proven success both in educational achievement and in creating the social competence children need at home, at school and in their communities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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