starting

[ stahr-ting ]

adjective

1. being a price, amount, player lineup, etc., fixed at the beginning:

   If you get hired, what will your starting salary be?

2. 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.

3. coming to life, becoming active, or beginning to move:

   She listened for the sound of a starting car, but all was still.

Word History and Origins

Origin of starting¹

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

Example Sentences

The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province.

From The Daily Beast

The memoir follows Oswalt from 1995 to 1999 as he was starting out on his comedy career in Los Angeles.

From The Daily Beast

Starting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.

From The Daily Beast

If the ball goes off the screen, it teleports back to the starting position.

From The Daily Beast

“I sense that mobile games are starting to shed their skin, getting rid of all the dead things they carry around,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

“But the laws of Poloeland and those of Flatland are different,” said Amalatok, starting another objection.

From Project Gutenberg

But,” said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty, “who is to be greatest chief?

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We have said it had been lightly laden at starting, which was the reason of the tremendous pace at which it travelled.

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Starting in Dallas he received orders for one hundred forty-two copies the first day.

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The idea of Robert starting off in such a ridiculously sudden and dramatic way!

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