starting

We have found lemma(root) word of starting : start.

Definitions


[stɑːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space
(e.g: the season starts in September)

- (of event or process) happen or come into being
(e.g: the fire started in the building's upper floor)

- jerk or give a small jump from surprise or alarm
(e.g: ‘Oh my!’ she said, starting)


Phrases:
- don't start
- for a start
- get started
- get the start of
- start a family
- start something
- to start with

Origin:
Old English styrtan ‘to caper, leap’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch storten ‘push’ and German stürzen ‘fall headlong, fling’. From the sense ‘sudden movement’ arose the sense ‘initiation of movement, setting out on a journey’ and hence ‘beginning of a process, etc.’


[stɑːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning
(e.g: he takes over as chief executive at the start of next year)

- a sudden movement of surprise or alarm
(e.g: she awoke with a start)


Phrases:
- don't start
- for a start
- get started
- get the start of
- start a family
- start something
- to start with

Origin:
Old English styrtan ‘to caper, leap’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch storten ‘push’ and German stürzen ‘fall headlong, fling’. From the sense ‘sudden movement’ arose the sense ‘initiation of movement, setting out on a journey’ and hence ‘beginning of a process, etc.’


[stɑːt], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, an agreement between the US and the Soviet Union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991


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