Collocations for "starting"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "starting" in context.
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start
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- start with [appetizers, a drink]
- prices start at (just) [$4]
- will start in [January]
- start from [scratch, the beginning]
- start [over, again]
- (have to) start all over again
- start (everything) over
- stopping and starting
- allow me to start by [saying, introducing, choosing, asking]
- start drinking at [the party, noon]
- start [reading, watching, listening to]
- starting on page [two]
- start to feel [anxious, depressed, insecure]
- starting to look [old, older]
- start a [business, company]
- start your own [paper, publishing company]
- start [a program, college, your career]
- start a (new) [conversation, discussion]
- start the bidding at [$4]
- it started [raining, snowing]
- start off the [day, party] with
- started off on the wrong foot
- start out [strong, fast, unsure]
- start out with [nothing]
- start up the [engine, car]
- the [car, machine, engine] won't start
- the [trouble, problems, issue] started when
- the [noise, clap, explosion] caused everyone to start
- got a [good, slow, poor, quick, flying] start
- the [match, meeting, vacation] got off to a [good] start
- a [good] start to the [day, presentation]
- [needs, give him] a head start
- a [kick, push, jump, rolling] start
- the [athlete, swimmer, runner] was disqualified for a false start
- the [horses, cars, drivers] were [lined up, waiting] at the start
- the [player, athlete] has only made [four] starts (this season)
- wanted to get a head start on the [work, preparations]
- [promised, decided, vowed] to make a fresh start (in life)
- missed the start of the [play, movie, speech]
- his parents gave him his start by [buying him a house, paying off his loans]
- the start of the [new, summer, winter] season
- the start of the [day, week, year]
- (at) the start of the [race, event, ride]
- [you, the noise] gave me a start
- she awoke with a start
- the start [line, button, switch]
- the start [date, position, time]
'starting' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
April
- August
- ID
- January
- July
- June
- October
- accord
- annual
- apprenticeship
- argument
- athlete
- back
- bald
- barrier
- bid
- biology
- block
- blur
- bolt
- boob
- bruise
- bud
- callous
- chilly
- chubby
- church
- climate
- clockwise
- cost
- cozy
- craze
- creep
- crest
- deaf
- decline
- dim
- dizzy
- drowsy
- ebb
- eleven
- evident
- exhausted
- facade
- faint
- feel
- fellowship
- fever
- flag
- frail