STARTING Definition & Meaning

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starting

[ stahr-ting ]

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

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Many nations will face much higher tariffs, starting on 9 April.

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Citizen Bull will have enough points to make the starting gate, while Barnes, a $3.2-million purchase, will be left at home.

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"I'd say from show five, I was starting to enjoy myself."

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What occurred this week was not just the US starting a global trade war, or sparking a rout in stock markets.

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The other would be to restore Danilo to the starting XI.

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