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Starting
noun 1.A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning). Synonym: start. "His starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" adjective 1.(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear. 2.Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event. "Hands in the starting position"
Start
verb (past & past part. started; pres. part. starting) 1.Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. Synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out. "Who will start?" , "Get working as soon as the sun rises!" , "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia" , "He began early in the day" , "Let's get down to work now" Antonym: end. 2.Set in motion, cause to start. Synonyms: begin, commence, lead off. "The Iraqis began hostilities" , "Begin a new chapter in your life" Antonym: end. 4.Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense. Synonym: begin. "The second movement begins after the Allegro" , "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" Antonym: end. 6.Get off the ground. Synonyms: commence, embark on, start up. "We embarked on an exciting enterprise" , "I start my day with a good breakfast" , "We began the new semester" , "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM" , "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" 7.Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. Synonyms: jump, startle. 8.Get going or set in motion. Synonym: start up. "Start up the computer" Antonym: stop. 9.Begin or set in motion. Synonyms: get going, go. "Ready, set, go!" Antonym: stop. 10.Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job. Synonym: take up. "Start a new job" 11.Play in the starting lineup. 12.Have a beginning characterized in some specified way. Synonym: begin. "My property begins with the three maple trees" , "Her day begins with a workout" , "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" 13.Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object. Synonym: begin. "She started the soup while it was still hot" , "We started physics in 10th grade"
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