STARTING Definition & Meaning

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starting

[stahr-ting]

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adjective

being a price, amount, player lineup, etc., fixed at the beginning.
If you get hired, what will your starting salary be?
setting out on a course of action; taking the first steps in an activity.
The idea of the frosh pub mingle is for you to meet your fellow starting students.
coming to life, becoming active, or beginning to move.
She listened for the sound of a starting car, but all was still.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of starting¹

First recorded in 1810–15; start ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

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Alfred and Siegfried Schafranek secured roles managing a new plywood business in Bangalore and moved there with their families, starting all over again.

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But every early indicator is that his potential as a starting pitcher remains among the league’s elite.

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Her evidence was starting to indicate who was likely to be underneath that patch of grass at St Mary's.

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He has declined to say whether the local emergency manager, who is responsible for alerting the public to approaching storms, was awake when the flash flood warnings went out starting at 1 a.m.

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Friday, of course, never figured to favor the Dodgers given the difference in caliber of the starting pitching matchup.

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start in starting block

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