STARTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does starting mean? 

• STARTING (noun)
  The noun STARTING has 1 sense:

1. a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

  Familiarity information: STARTING used as a noun is very rare.

• STARTING (adjective)
  The adjective STARTING has 2 senses:

1. (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

2. appropriate to the beginning or start of an event

  Familiarity information: STARTING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

start; starting

Context example:

his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen

Hypernyms ("starting" is a kind of...):

play; turn ((game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession)

Derivation:

start (play in the starting lineup)

• STARTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

Context example:

with eyes starting from their sockets

Similar:

protrusive (thrusting outward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event

Context example:

hands in the starting position

Similar:

opening (first or beginning)

 Context examples 

The number of asteroid impacts to the Moon and Earth increased by two to three times starting around 290 million years ago.

(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)

That’s a good idea, for you are to enter one of the best years of your life one year from now, starting December 19, 2020, for twelve months.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

These molecules represent a promising starting point for studying microbe–host interactions at the level of molecular mechanisms and represent a potentially rich source of therapeutics.

(Human Body Microbes Make Antibiotics, Study Finds, NCCAM)

Starting treatment as early as possible is important.

(Autism, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Specifies whether the entity is a starting point to which other things may be compared.

(Baseline Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

A starting point to which things may be compared.

(Baseline, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Harker arrived at nine o'clock. He had got his wife's wire just before starting.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I called this morning, Dr. Huxtable, too late to prevent you from starting for London.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"No! no!" Ruth cried, starting up.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Intermediates in energy production pathways such as glycolysis and the Kreb's cycle are commonly the starting point for the biosynthesis of amino acids.

(Biosynthesis of Glycine and Serine Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)