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Overview of noun starting

      »   The noun starting has 1 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• start, starting -- (a Turn1.) Bend, crook, twist, turn -- (a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path")
  
  2.) Turn, turning -- (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right")
  
  turn to be a Starter1.) Starter, starter motor, starting motor -- (an electric motor for starting an engine)
  
  2.) Starter -- (a contestant who is in the game at the beginning)
  
  starter (in a Game1.) Game -- (a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours")
  
  2.) Game -- (a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game")
  
  game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the Regular1.) Regular, habitue, fixture -- (a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture")
  
  2.) Regular -- (a soldier in the regular army)
  
  regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting Meant1.) Mean, intend -- (mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?")
  
  2.) Entail, imply, mean -- (have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers")
  
  meant that the Coach1.) Coach, manager, handler -- ((sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team)
  
  2.) Coach, private instructor, tutor -- (a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting))
  
  coach thought he was one of their Best1.) Best -- (the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best")
  
  2.) Best, topper -- (the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them")
  
  best linemen")

Overview of verb start
      »   The verb start has 14 meanings (first 11 from tagged texts)

• get down, Begin1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begin, get, start out, start, Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set about, Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set out, Commence1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  commence -- (Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take the first Step1.) Measure, step -- (any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime")
  
  2.) Footstep, pace, step, stride -- (the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig")
  
  step or Steps1.) Stairs, steps -- (a flight of stairs or a flight of steps)
  
  2.) Steps -- (the course along which a person has walked or is walking in; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home")
  
  steps in Carrying1.) Transport, carry -- (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river")
  
  2.) Carry, pack, take -- (have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains")
  
  carrying out an Action1.) Action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions")
  
  2.) Action, activity, activeness -- (the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action")
  
  action; "We Began1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, start -- (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000")
  
  began working at dawn"; "Who Will1.) Volition, will -- (the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith)
  
  2.) Will -- (a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way")
  
  will start?"; "Get Working1.) Working, workings -- (a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked)
  
  1.) Work -- (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor")
  
  working as Soon1.) Soon, shortly, presently, before long -- (in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long")
  
  soon as the Sun1.) Sun -- (a typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system")
  
  2.) Sunlight, sunshine, sun -- (the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind")
  
  sun rises!"; "The first Tourists1.) Tourist, tourer, holidaymaker -- (someone who travels for pleasure)
  
  tourists began to Arrive1.) Arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")
  
  2.) Arrive, make it, get in, go far -- (succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!")
  
  arrive in Cambodia"; "He Began1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, start -- (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000")
  
  began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now")

• begin, Lead1.) Lead, Pb, atomic number 82 -- (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers")
  
  2.) Lead -- (an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn")
  
  lead off, start, Commence1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  commence -- (Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set in Motion1.) Movement, motion -- (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
  
  2.) Gesture, motion -- (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)
  
  motion, cause to start; "The U.S. Started1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  started a War1.) War, warfare -- (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war")
  
  2.) War, state of war -- (a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring")
  
  war in the Middle1.) Center, centre, middle, heart, eye -- (an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm")
  
  2.) Middle -- (an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle)
  
  Middle East"; "The Iraqis1.) Iraqi, Iraki -- (a native or inhabitant of Iraq; "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government")
  
  Iraqis began hostilities"; "Begin1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begin a New1.) New -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")
  
  2.) New -- (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction")
  
  new chapter in your life")

• depart, Part1.) Part, portion, component part, component -- (something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach")
  
  2.) Region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space")
  
  part, start, start out, Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set forth, Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set off, Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set out, Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take off -- (Leave1.) Leave, leave of absence -- (the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother")
  
  2.) Leave -- (permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak")
  
  leave; "The Family1.) Family, household, house, home, menage -- (a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home")
  
  2.) Family, family unit -- (primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family")
  
  family took Off1.) Murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove -- (kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered")
  
  1.) Off -- (not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off")
  
  off for Florida")

• begin, start -- (have a Beginning1.) Beginning -- (the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war")
  
  2.) Beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset -- (the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her")
  
  beginning, in a Temporal1.) Temporal role, temporal -- (the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb)
  
  1.) Temporal -- (not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt)
  
  temporal, spatial, or Evaluative1.) Appraising, evaluative -- (exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses many evaluative terms")
  
  evaluative sense; "The DMZ1.) Demilitarized zone, DMZ -- (a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited; "tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea")
  
  DMZ begins Right1.) Right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")
  
  2.) Right -- ((frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights")
  
  right over the hill"; "The Second1.) Second, sec, s -- (1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
  
  2.) Moment, minute, second, bit -- (an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit")
  
  second movement Begins1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begins after the Allegro"; "Prices1.) Price, terms, damage -- (the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?")
  
  2.) Monetary value, price, cost -- (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection")
  
  Prices for these Homes1.) Home, place -- (where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?")
  
  2.) Dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house -- (housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless")
  
  homes start at $250,000")

• originate, Initiate1.) Novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate -- (someone new to a field or activity)
  
  2.) Initiate, learned person, pundit, savant -- (someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field)
  
  initiate, start -- (Bring1.) Bring, convey, take -- (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point")
  
  2.) Bring -- (cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point")
  
  bring into Being1.) Being, beingness, existence -- (the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries")
  
  2.) Organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
  
  being; "He Initiated1.) Originate, initiate, start -- (bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation")
  
  2.) Initiate, pioneer -- (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants")
  
  initiated a New1.) New -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")
  
  2.) New -- (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction")
  
  new program"; "Start a foundation")

• start, start up, Embark1.) Embark, ship -- (go on board)
  
  2.) Embark, enter -- (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career")
  
  embark on, Commence1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  commence -- (get Off1.) Murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove -- (kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered")
  
  1.) Off -- (not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off")
  
  off the Ground1.) Land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma -- (the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground")
  
  2.) Reason, ground -- (a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration")
  
  ground; "Who Started1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  started this company?"; "We Embarked1.) Embark, ship -- (go on board)
  
  2.) Embark, enter -- (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career")
  
  embarked on an Exciting1.) Excite -- (arouse or elicit a feeling)
  
  2.) Stimulate, excite -- (act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates")
  
  exciting enterprise"; "I start my Day1.) Day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day -- (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day")
  
  2.) Day -- (some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual")
  
  day with a Good1.) Good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
  
  2.) Good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
  
  good breakfast"; "We Began1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, start -- (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000")
  
  began the New1.) New -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")
  
  2.) New -- (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction")
  
  new semester"; "The Afternoon1.) Afternoon -- (the part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park")
  
  2.) Good afternoon, afternoon -- (a conventional expression of greeting or farewell)
  
  afternoon session Begins1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begins at 4 PM"; "The Blood1.) Blood -- (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions")
  
  2.) Lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")
  
  blood shed Started1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  started when the Partisans1.) Partisan, zealot, drumbeater -- (a fervent and even militant proponent of something)
  
  2.) Enthusiast, partisan, partizan -- (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)
  
  partisans launched a Surprise1.) Surprise -- (the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you)
  
  2.) Surprise -- (a sudden unexpected event)
  
  surprise attack")

• startle, Jump1.) Jump, leap -- (a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance")
  
  2.) Leap, jump, saltation -- (an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues")
  
  jump, start -- (Move1.) Move -- (the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer")
  
  2.) Move, relocation -- (the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire")
  
  move or Jump1.) Jump, leap -- (a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance")
  
  2.) Leap, jump, saltation -- (an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues")
  
  jump suddenly, as if in Surprise1.) Surprise -- (the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you)
  
  2.) Surprise -- (a sudden unexpected event)
  
  surprise or Alarm1.) Alarm, dismay, consternation -- (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)
  
  2.) Alarm, warning device, alarm system -- (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)
  
  alarm; "She Startled1.) Startle, galvanize, galvanise -- (to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action")
  
  2.) Startle, jump, start -- (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room")
  
  startled when I Walked1.) Walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")
  
  2.) Walk -- (traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day")
  
  walked into the room")

• start, start up -- (get Going1.) Departure, going, going away, leaving -- (act of departing)
  
  2.) Passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release -- (euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing")
  
  going or Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set in Motion1.) Movement, motion -- (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
  
  2.) Gesture, motion -- (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)
  
  motion; "We Simply1.) Merely, simply, just, only, but -- (and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment")
  
  2.) Simply -- (absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke")
  
  simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer")

• start, Go1.) Go, spell, tour, turn -- (a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work")
  
  2.) Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug -- (street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
  
  go, get Going1.) Departure, going, going away, leaving -- (act of departing)
  
  2.) Passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release -- (euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing")
  
  going -- (Begin1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begin or Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set in Motion1.) Movement, motion -- (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
  
  2.) Gesture, motion -- (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)
  
  motion; "I start at Eight1.) Eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet -- (the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one)
  
  2.) Ashcan School, Eight -- (a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life)
  
  eight in the morning"; "Ready1.) Ready -- (poised for action; "their guns were at the ready")
  
  1.) Cook, fix, ready, make, prepare -- (prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please")
  
  Ready, set, go!")

• start, Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take up -- (Begin1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begin work or Acting1.) Acting, playing, playacting, performing -- (the performance of a part or role in a drama)
  
  1.) Act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel")
  
  acting in a Certain1.) Certain -- (definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones")
  
  2.) Certain, sure -- (having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends")
  
  certain capacity, Office1.) Office, business office -- (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building")
  
  2.) Agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")
  
  office or Job1.) Occupation, business, job, line of work, line -- (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business")
  
  2.) Job, task, chore -- (a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores")
  
  job; "Take up a position"; "start a New1.) New -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")
  
  2.) New -- (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction")
  
  new job")

• start -- (Play1.) Play, drama, dramatic play -- (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway")
  
  2.) Play -- (a theatrical performance of a drama; "the play lasted two hours")
  
  play in the starting lineup)

• begin, start -- (have a Beginning1.) Beginning -- (the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war")
  
  2.) Beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset -- (the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her")
  
  beginning characterized in some Specified1.) Stipulate, qualify, condition, specify -- (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments")
  
  2.) Specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate -- (determine the essential quality of)
  
  specified way; "The Novel1.) Novel -- (a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)
  
  2.) Novel -- (a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels")
  
  novel begins with a murder"; "My Property1.) Place, property -- (any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House")
  
  2.) Property, belongings, holding, material possession -- (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";)
  
  property begins with the Three1.) Three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace -- (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one)
  
  1.) Three, 3, iii -- (being one more than two)
  
  three maple trees"; "Her Day1.) Day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day -- (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day")
  
  2.) Day -- (some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual")
  
  day begins with a workout"; "The Semester1.) Semester -- (one of two divisions of an academic year)
  
  2.) Semester -- (half a year; a period of 6 months)
  
  semester begins with a Convocation1.) Convocation -- (a group gathered in response to a summons)
  
  2.) Convocation, calling together -- (the act of convoking)
  
  convocation ceremony")

• begin, start -- (Begin1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begin an Event1.) Event -- (something that happens at a given place and time)
  
  2.) Event, case -- (a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled")
  
  event that is Implied1.) Imply, connote -- (express or state indirectly)
  
  2.) Imply -- (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)
  
  implied and Limited1.) Express, limited -- (public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York")
  
  1.) Restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")
  
  limited by the Nature1.) Nature -- (the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy")
  
  2.) Nature -- (a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women")
  
  nature or Inherent1.) Built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral -- (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth")
  
  2.) Implicit in, inherent, underlying -- (in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning")
  
  inherent function of the Direct1.) Direct -- (command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework")
  
  2.) Target, aim, place, direct, point -- (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself")
  
  direct object; "Begin1.) Begin, Menachem Begin -- (Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992))
  
  1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  begin a cigar"; "She Started1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  started the Soup1.) Soup -- (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)
  
  2.) Soup -- (any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup)
  
  soup while it was Still1.) Still -- (a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad")
  
  2.) Hush, stillness, still -- ((poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night")
  
  still hot"; "We Started1.) Get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  2.) Begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")
  
  started physics in 10th grade")

• start, Protrude1.) Stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")
  
  2.) Start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out -- (bulge outward; "His eyes popped")
  
  protrude, pop, Pop1.) Dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop -- (an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk)
  
  2.) Pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic -- (a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics")
  
  pop out, Bulge1.) Bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence -- (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns")
  
  1.) Bulge, pouch, protrude -- (swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal")
  
  bulge, bulge out, Bug1.) Bug -- (general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate)
  
  2.) Bug, glitch -- (a fault or defect in a system or machine)
  
  bug out, Come1.) Semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come -- (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)
  
  1.) Come, come up -- (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room")
  
  come out -- (Bulge1.) Bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence -- (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns")
  
  1.) Bulge, pouch, protrude -- (swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal")
  
  bulge outward; "His Eyes1.) Eyes -- (opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes")
  
  1.) Eye, oculus, optic -- (the organ of sight)
  
  eyes popped")

Overview of adj starting
      »   The adj starting has 2 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• starting -- ((especially of Eyes1.) Eyes -- (opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes")
  
  1.) Eye, oculus, optic -- (the organ of sight)
  
  eyes) bulging or Protruding1.) Stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")
  
  2.) Start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out -- (bulge outward; "His eyes popped")
  
  protruding as with Fear1.) Fear, fearfulness, fright -- (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
  
  2.) Concern, care, fear -- (an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction")
  
  fear; "with Eyes1.) Eyes -- (opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes")
  
  1.) Eye, oculus, optic -- (the organ of sight)
  
  eyes starting from their sockets")

• starting -- (Appropriate1.) Allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve -- (give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day")
  
  2.) Appropriate, capture, seize, conquer -- (take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle")
  
  appropriate to the Beginning1.) Beginning -- (the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war")
  
  2.) Beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset -- (the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her")
  
  beginning or start of an Event1.) Event -- (something that happens at a given place and time)
  
  2.) Event, case -- (a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled")
  
  event; "the starting point"; "Hands1.) Hands, custody -- ((with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children")
  
  2.) Work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men -- (the force of workers available)
  
  hands in the starting position")

Related Terms - "Starting"

Meaning 1 of Startingstart, starting turn, play

• Move1.) Move -- (the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer")
  
  2.) Move, relocation -- (the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire")
  
  Move - The act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"

• Start1.) Start -- (the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start")
  
  2.) Beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset -- (the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her")
  
  Start, Starting1.) Start, starting -- (a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen")
  
  1.) Get Down1.) Down, down feather -- (soft fine feathers)
  
  2.) Down -- ((American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards")
  
  Down - Soft fine feathers, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "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")
  
  Starting - The beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"

• Innings1.) Innings -- (the batting turn of a cricket player or team)
  
  1.) Inning, frame -- (a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat)
  
  Innings - The batting turn of a cricket player or team

• Attack1.) Attack, onslaught, onset, onrush -- ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn")
  
  2.) Attack -- (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea")
  
  Attack - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"

• down - no definition found

• Bat1.) Bat, chiropteran -- (nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate)
  
  2.) Bat, at-bat -- ((baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats")
  
  Bat, At-bat1.) Bat, at-bat -- ((baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats")
  
  At-bat - Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

• Lead1.) Lead, Pb, atomic number 82 -- (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers")
  
  2.) Lead -- (an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn")
  
  Lead - A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"

• Ruff1.) Frill, ruff -- (an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal)
  
  2.) Choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff -- (a high tight collar)
  
  Ruff, Trumping1.) Ruff, trumping -- ((card games) the act of taking a Trick1.) Trick, fast one -- (a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it")
  
  2.) Trick -- (a period of work or duty)
  
  Trick - A cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" with a trump when unable to follow suit)
  
  1.) Trump -- (produce a sound as if from a trumpet)
  
  Trumping - An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• trick - no definition found