starting time
You may want to consider accepting a lower starting income in return for a pay-out that increases incrementally each year.
Pensioners may reject this option because of the lower starting pension that they will receive.
Carlos Edwards made a welcome return to the starting eleven.
There are just three changes to the starting line-up.
The starting goalkeeper for the US soccer team will be Brad Fredel.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Starting and beginning
be in the first flush ofidiom
be/get in on the ground flooridiom
become
begin
branch out
develop
get down to businessidiom
grow
half-cock
here
here goes!idiom
hit the ground runningidiom
motion
start (something) off
start on something
start out
start/set/get the ball rollingidiom
stirring
the ground floor
wheel

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Competitors & participants in sports & games
starting
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈstɑː.tɪŋ/ us /ˈstɑːr.t̬ɪŋ/
the act of beginning something, or the fact of beginning:
After two years of starting and stopping, he is now seriously learning to drive.
They had taken no part in the actual starting of the revolution.
the act of beginning to work or operate, or of making something do this:
There is a safety button to prevent the accidental starting of the mower.
Then there was the sound of car doors banging and the starting of engines.
There was a lot of resistance to the starting of this venture.
You could hear the repeated starting and stopping of the tape.
The starting of large electrical motors may cause a large power draw.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Starting and beginning
be in the first flush ofidiom
be/get in on the ground flooridiom
become
begin
branch out
develop
get down to businessidiom
grow
half-cock
here
here goes!idiom
hit the ground runningidiom
motion
start (something) off
start on something
start out
start/set/get the ball rollingidiom
stirring
the ground floor
wheel

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Machines - Functioning

Examples of starting

starting
There were no more stops, and the car was returned to its starting-point as speedily as possible.
Subsequent step sizes approximately halved the difference between the prior two reversals or starting points.
The starting point for each part is either a random or a previously stored sound.
We used principal-factor analysis (starting with squared multiple correlations as the prior communality estimates) to extract the principal factors from the 17 premenstrual symptoms.
It will serve as a useful primary information source or the starting point for initial information and guide to further reading for the general reader.
Admittedly, they represent useful starting points because they simplify the analysis.
A low starting dose is essential and in older patients a short-acting agent such as captopril is preferred.
This starting point has to enable differentiation, to stretch the most able, and to allow those with little or no experience to participate fully.
The political capital that is necessary for starting an organization is linked to existing debates and politically engaged institutional actors.
Inspiring starting points are vital in any creative activity.
Caregiving and relating with the patient information were most wanted when starting treatment and leaving the hospital for home.
Analytically speaking, there is a host of problems that demand to be resolved prior to starting up.
In the sensitivity analysis, we considered two scenarios of variations in end age depending on whether the starting age was 50 or 55.
But, instead of starting the numerical integration from the centreline, we shall start from the sonic singular point.
Starting about 1990, international donors began to link these resources expressly to democratic reform.
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