start ·verb (BUSINESS)

Definition: If a business or other organization starts, or if someone starts one, it is created and starts to operate. Level: B2

她创办了自己的软件公司。

She ___started her own software company.

我们创办了一个巡演整个南方的歌剧剧院公司。

We ___started up an opera theater company that toured all over the South.

他十五年前创办了自己的公司。

He ___started his company fifteen years ago.