Beginning vs. Starting
Beginning and Starting Definitions
Beginning
The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start
The beginning of the universe.
Starting
To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking
She started to dance. The dog started barking. Once we start in, we'll get a feel for the project.
Beginning
The time when something begins or is begun
The beginning of June.
Starting
To move on the initial part of a journey
They started for the summit.
Beginning
The place where something begins or is begun
At the beginning of the road.
Starting
To have a beginning; commence
The movie starts at nine.
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Beginning
The first part
The front matter is at the beginning of the book.
Starting
To come quickly into view, life, or activity; spring forth
The boy's tears started when the balloon popped.
Beginning
Often beginnings An early stage or phase
The beginnings of human life on this planet.
Starting
To have as an initial part or job
I started as an assistant.
Beginning
The source or cause
What was the beginning of the dispute?.
Starting
To move one's body or a part of it suddenly or involuntarily
Started at the loud noise.
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Beginning
(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Starting
(Sports) To be in the initial lineup of a game or race.
Beginning
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Starting
To protrude or bulge
Eyes that fairly started from their sockets in fear.
Beginning
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
What was the beginning of the dispute?
Starting
To become loosened or disengaged.
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Beginning
The initial portion of some extended thing.
The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story.
That house is at the beginning of the street.
Starting
To take the first step in doing
We start work at dawn.
Beginning
Present participle of begin
He is beginning to read a new book.
Starting
To cause to come into being; make happen or originate
Bad wiring started the fire. The website started the rumor.
Beginning
(informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
In the beginning paragraph of the chapter
In the beginning section of the course
Starting
To set into motion, operation, or activity
Start an engine.
A shot that started the race.
Beginning
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Starting
To begin to attend
Start school.
Beginning
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
I am . . . the beginning and the ending.
Starting
To cause (someone) to have an initial position or role
The manager started him in marketing.
Beginning
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
Starting
To play in the initial lineup of (a game).
Beginning
Enterprise.
Starting
To put (a player) into the initial lineup of a game.
Beginning
The event consisting of the start of something;
The beginning of the war
Starting
To enter (a participant) into a race or game.
Beginning
The time at which something is supposed to begin;
They got an early start
She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
The middle of the war
Rain during the middle of April
Starting
To found; establish
Start a business.
Beginning
The first part or section of something;
`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end
Starting
To tend in an early stage of development
Start seedlings.
Beginning
The place where something begins, where it springs into being;
The Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
Communism's Russian root
Starting
To rouse (game) from its hiding place or lair; flush.
Beginning
The act of starting something;
He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
Starting
To cause to become displaced or loosened.
Beginning
Serving to begin;
The beginning canto of the poem
The first verse
Starting
An act of beginning; an initial effort
I made a start on keeping a journal.
Starting
The beginning of a new construction project
An application for a building start.
Starting
A result of an initial effort
What we did may not sound like much, but it's a start.
Starting
A place or time of beginning
At the start of the decade.
Starting
A starting line for a race.
Starting
A signal to begin a race.
Starting
An instance of beginning a race
A sprinter who improved her start.
Starting
An instance of being in the starting lineup for a game, especially as a pitcher
In five starts, he has three wins.
Starting
A startled reaction or movement.
Starting
A part that has become dislocated or loosened.
Starting
A position of advantage over others, as in a race or an endeavor; a lead
Our rivals have a three-month start in research.
Starting
An opportunity granted to pursue a career or course of action.
Starting
Present participle of start#Verb
Starting
The act of something that starts.
Constant startings and stoppings
Starting
A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning);
He got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital
His starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen
Starting
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear;
With eyes starting from their sockets
Starting
Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event;
The starting point
Hands in the starting position
