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start·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. starting

    of Start

  2. Starting

    a. & n. from Start, v

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. starting

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

Editors Contribution

  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

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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. Pat Boone:

    My first film ‘Bernadine,’ there were no love scenes in that film, now I go right in for ‘April Love’ and there are no love scenes in that script either… Our characters fall in love, but there was no kissing in the script. So I never talked to my wife about what happens if I’m asked to do some kissing in these movies I’m starting to make.

  2. Michael Szanto:

    We need to protect our farmers by not needlessly starting a trade war that’s too aggressive of a policy that’s going to cause a backlash for our farmers, now, it is possible that both sides will back down on this and this is not to say that the United States should not do anything [but] generally as an economist I am very leery of tariffs interfering with free trade.

  3. Phil Levy:

    There's not that much in the new deal that looks radical and new. You're already starting with free trade across the two borders.

  4. Ry Cooder:

    Music is all starting to sound alike in the modern era. Afro-pop sounds exactly like L.A. pop - there's no difference, no ambience, no real resonance.

  5. Omar Mora:

    Conditional liberty was one of the alternative measures his defense had reiteratively sought, thank God justice is starting to be done, given General Baduel should never have been detained.

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