Definitions for starting
start·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. starting

   of Start

2. Starting

   a. & n. from Start, v

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. Buddha:

   There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

2. Pimco CEO Douglas Hodge:

   As we look at the last two or three months, we're starting to see the arrows come back up. I think that's the resolution of the uncertainty.

3. Elizabeth Ochoa:

   Cheating is often the thing that brings people to treatment, and sometimes they are able to see it as a starting point for new ways of communicating and reformulating their marital goals, other times, it’s the final nail in the coffin. If the affair has gone too far emotionally or gone on for too long, it’s more difficult to get past.

4. Meredith Sullivan:

   Then the gusts of winds were just horrific, you could hear the roof starting to lift and debris was starting to fly around. All the cars were pretty much destroyed.

5. Amazon Chief Economist Pat Bajari:

   What I've seen change in the industry, starting about eight years ago, is firms got more serious about using the scientific method and removing chunks of guesswork within companies, you're basically trying to clean up waste.

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