"starting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/ [General-American], [ˈstɑɹt.ɪŋ] [General-American], [ˈstɑɹɾɪŋ] [General-American], /ˈstɑːtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-starting.ogg Forms: startings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} starting (plural startings)
  1. The act of something that starts. Translations (Translations): comenzamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-starting-en-noun-ExgQzdf7

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/ [General-American], [ˈstɑɹt.ɪŋ] [General-American], [ˈstɑɹɾɪŋ] [General-American], /ˈstɑːtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-starting.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} starting
  1. present participle and gerund of start Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: start Translations (adjective): comenzante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-starting-en-verb-yHumyi2T Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Derived forms (Affixed terms derived from starting (present participle)): nonstarting, self-starting, startingly Derived forms (Compound words and expressions derived from starting (present participle)): starting bar, starting berth, starting block, starting five, starting fluid, starting gate, starting grid, starting gun, starting handle, starting hole, starting lineup, starting pistol, starting pitcher, starting point, starting price, starting signal, starting time

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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