STARTING definition: being a price, amount, player lineup, etc., fixed at the beginning. See examples of starting used in a sentence.
STARTING meaning: 1. happening or used at the beginning of a process: 2. The starting players in a team are the ones…. Learn more.
Define starting. starting synonyms, starting pronunciation, starting translation, English dictionary definition of starting. v. start ed , start ing , starts v. intr. 1. a. To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking: She started to dance. The dog started barking.
a starting, or beginning; a getting into action or motion; commencement; specif., the fact of being part of the team that starts a game a pitcher with 30 starts for the season
Here are some possible ways of starting a conversation or getting the audience's attention before a talk or speech: I didn’t start worrying/ to worry until she was 2 hours late. She started work in the mill when she was just 14 years old. When we started this project, we didn't know what to expect.
Rigor mortis was starting to set in, and the jaw opened only with difficulty. “I’m starting to get a sense of that.”
When do you start your classes / your new job? We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock. Can you start (= begin a new job) on Monday? [ + -ing verb ] They started build ing the house in January. [ + to infinitive ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang.
Synonyms for STARTING: beginning, initial, opening, first, earliest, pioneer, original, inaugural; Antonyms of STARTING: last, final, latter, concluding, latest, following, terminal, ultimate