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STARTING TIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time at which something is supposed to begin
Example:
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
Synonyms:
beginning; commencement; first; get-go; kickoff; offset; outset; showtime; start; starting time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
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)
