English Dictionary

STARTING TIME

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does starting time mean? 

STARTING TIME (noun)
  The noun STARTING TIME has 1 sense:

1. the time at which something is supposed to beginplay

  Familiarity information: STARTING TIME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STARTING TIME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The time at which something is supposed to begin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

beginning; commencement; first; get-go; kickoff; offset; outset; showtime; start; starting time

Context example:

she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her

Hypernyms ("starting time" is a kind of...):

point; point in time (an instant of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "starting time"):

birth (the time when something begins (especially life))

incipience; incipiency (beginning to exist or to be apparent)

starting point; terminus a quo (earliest limiting point)

threshold (the starting point for a new state or experience)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." (English proverb)

"It is good for somebody as well as bad for someone else." (Bengali proverb)

"Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it." (Arabic proverb)

"Comparing apples and pears." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact