startings

Noun

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
• plural of starting

Verb

• 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

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, starting, startle, take off, take up

Antonyms

end, stop