noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of something that starts.

   "constant startings and stoppings"

2. 2
   a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of start form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   appropriate to the beginning or start of an event wordnet
2. 2
   (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

beginningincipientinitialopeningoriginaloutset

Example

More examples

"Classes are starting again soon."

Related phrases

self-startingstarting barstarting berthstarting blockstarting fivestarting fluidstarting gatestarting gridstarting gunstarting handlestarting holestarting lineup

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.