starting

Meanings

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
  • "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"
• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• set in motion, cause to start
• leave
• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
• bring into being
• get off the ground
• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
• get going or set in motion
• begin or set in motion
• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
• play in the starting lineup
• have a beginning characterized in some specified way
• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
• bulge outward
• (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
  • "with eyes starting from their sockets"
• appropriate to the beginning or start of an event
  • "the starting point"
  • "hands in the starting position"

Synonyms

begin, bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, commence, depart, embark on, get, get down, get going, go, initiate, jump, lead off, originate, part, pop, pop out, protrude, set about, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, start up, startle, take off, take up