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"

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.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Jordan Spieth:

   My swing’s been coming around, working hard on it for the last month of so, really starting to show signs of that work this week, been able to flight the ball nicely.

2. Brad Pitt:

   We were driving down the road, I'm in the turret, Shia is at the other turret, and Scott Eastwood is on the back spitting [ chewing tobacco ], and I'm starting to get pissed off, I'm starting to get hot, because this is our home, he's disrespecting our home, you know ?

3. Bobby Labonte:

   We're starting to see Sprint Cup cycle through.

4. Marc Rotenberg:

   Senator Rubio has put forward a very good proposal to address growing concerns about privacy protection. The federal Privacy Act is also the right starting point.

5. Kelly Gardiner:

   We saw a 10 [ times ] surge for prescription-only Ella, and even though demand has leveled out right now, what we're starting to see is birth control requests are [ three to four ] times higher than usual.

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References

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