Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place at which a start or beginning is made; a place from which one starts or sets out.
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Examples
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I saw them slowly disappear over the ridge by the starting-place.
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We halted at the starting-place, where we were to separate from our comrades.
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This spot was afterwards marked with a flag, and went by the name of "the starting-place."
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And, sure enough, at noon we caught sight of them up at the starting-place.
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I hoped to get such a quantity of provisions brought down to lat. 80º S., that we should be able to regard this latitude as the real starting-place of the actual sledge journey to the Pole.
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From the starting-place the Barrier rises very slightly, until at a cross-ridge it passes into the perfect level.
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Each of these is a different starting-place for a sociological analysis of social class in America.
Class in America Daniel Little 2008
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Each of these is a different starting-place for a sociological analysis of social class in America.
Archive 2008-12-01 Daniel Little 2008
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And we must remember that Basrah was the chief starting-place for the Celestial
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The work of William St. Clair in The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period might provide a telling starting-place for a more complete investigation of the novel as a particular site for the multiplication of sexualities during this period.
Romantic Loves: A Response to _Historicizing Romantic Sexuality_ 2006
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