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    Definition of starting in English Dictionary

  • NounPLstartingsSUF-ing
    1. The act of something that starts.
      1. constant startings and stoppings
  • Verb
    1. present participle of start.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • POSITIVE signs are starting to emerge in China but economists warn it's too early to tell whether Australia's biggest trading partner is turning the corner.
        • To avoid starting off on the wrong foot with your boss, make sure you understand what she expects you to do.
        • The steel worker joined the United Steelworkers soon after starting work at the mill.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Starting with a couple of inconsistencies, the detective began to pull apart his alibi.
        • Starting at the zero-gravity of earth's core, accumulative acceleration is easily built up in a four-thousand-mile tube.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Countable nouns
        • Verbs
          • Verb forms
            • Participles
              • Present participles
        Related Links:
        1. en startings
        2. en startingly
        3. en starting up
        4. en starting gun
        5. en starting bar
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of starting for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "starting" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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