STARTING definition: being a price, amount, player lineup, etc., fixed at the beginning. See examples of starting used in a sentence.

begin, commence, start, initiate, inaugurate, usher in mean to take the first step in a course, process, or operation. begin, start, and commence are often interchangeable. begin, opposed …

STARTING definition: 1. happening or used at the beginning of a process: 2. The starting players in a team are the ones…. Learn more.

This British colloquialism apparently had the earlier sense of bracing one-self for an effort, probably in reference to the way runners pull up their socks before starting off on a race. Or …

a place where, or a time when, a beginning is made, as in a race; starting point ahead from the start

Other girls were starting rumours about me. 13 → to start with 14 → be back where you started 15 sports [intransitive, transitive] if a player starts in a game, or if someone starts them, they …

START meaning: 1 : to do the first part of something to begin doing something; 2 : to begin to work on, produce, or give attention to (something)