Definitions for starting
start·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. start, startingadjective

   a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

   "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"

2. startingadjective

   (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

   "with eyes starting from their sockets"

3. startingadjective

   appropriate to the beginning or start of an event

   "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. starting

   Starting refers to the beginning or commencement of something. It is the initial step or action taken to initiate a process, activity, or event.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. starting

   of Start

2. Starting

   a. & n. from Start, v

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. starting

   An irregular and arbitrary mode of punishment with canes or ropes' ends, long since illegal in the British navy.

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1. startingverb

   Verb form of the word start.

   They are starting to plan their wedding easily and simply.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'starting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2382

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'starting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1257

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'starting' in Nouns Frequency: #2103

How to pronounce starting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say starting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of starting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of starting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of starting in a Sentence

1. Martin Cordiner:

   The diffuse ISM can be considered as the starting point for the chemical processes that ultimately give rise to planets and life, so fully identifying its contents provides information on the ingredients available to create stars and planets.

2. Ben Le Brun:

   It's ironic. The U.S. economy is starting to boom and crude oil prices are contracting in the opposite direction.

3. Jon Heggie:

   It can change very rapidly in California, and so even though we are starting to think about that as a transition time, we're still remaining ever-vigilant, and we encourage the public to do the same as well.

4. Ilan Shor:

   We're more interested than anyone in finding out the truth about who stole from the bank starting in the 1990s and right up until 2013.

5. Wendy Young:

   I fear that one of the insidious agenda items here is for the administration to jettison the protections... all the policies and procedures we built up over the years to protect the children in the system, we were starting to get there and then under this administration -- a system that has taken us 30 years to build, it's taken them three months to tear down.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=starting
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starting
4. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=starting