starting
Americanadjective
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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?
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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.
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coming to life, becoming active, or beginning to move.
She listened for the sound of a starting car, but all was still.
Etymology
Origin of starting
First recorded in 1810–15; start ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Starting Thursday, you may find it easier to place rapid-fire trades in stocks and options as a rule dating back to the dot-com era officially goes off the books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Starting in the spring of 2020, that technology was put to the test.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Starting in the early 1990s, charters gradually took hold in L.A., persuading parents they offered an attractive education alternative, and they now enroll about 1 in 5 public school students living within L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Starting with one possible explanation, they created simulations and compared the results with the actual observations.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
Starting around midnight, forty workers had begun laying 650 feet—about 3,000 pounds’ worth—of the heavy cable.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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