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. John Cornyn:

   We're meeting again today, i'm starting to get a little concerned, though, that there are a couple of issues that need to be settled before we can reach an agreement.

2. John Kilduff:

   I think some of the risk premium that got built in because of U.S. tensions with Iran is easing a bit, i think we're also starting to see the economic concerns and demand concerns re-emerge for the market.

3. Central American:

   You have so many different policy priorities. There's always going to be this tension almost kind of built into these cases, it's helpful that the administration is starting to speak publicly about these cases and stressing to the stakeholders in Venezuela, be they Maduro or be they the opposition or anybody else who wants to help, this is a priority that these people come home.

4. Rebekah Sanders:

   We believe there's a serious problem when Gannett is making lots of admirable diversity pledges, but failing to address pay fairness, we don't believe that the company will be successful if it doesn't address the problems of very low starting pay, pay scales that are not tied to experience and pay disparities for women and people of color.

5. Rebecca Siegel:

   The continued decline in the cancer death rate over the past 25 years is really good news and was a little bit of a surprise, only because the other leading causes of death in the US are starting to flatten. So we've been wondering if that's going to happen for cancer as well, but so far it hasn't.

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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