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When do you start your course / your new job? We'll be starting (the session) at six o'clock. Can you start (= begin a new job) on Monday?
Understanding the Context
[ + -ing verb ] They started build ing the house in January. [ + to infinitive ] I'd just started to write a letter when the phone rang. This British colloquialism apparently had the earlier sense of bracing one-self for an effort, probably in reference to the way runners pull up their socks before starting off on a race. Or the expression may simply refer to making one-self presentable in appearance.
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a place where, or a time when, a beginning is made, as in a race; starting point ahead from the start Here are some possible ways of starting a conversation or getting the audience's attention before a talk or speech: I didn’t start worrying/ to worry until she was 2 hours late. She started work in the mill when she was just 14 years old. When we started this project, we didn't know what to expect. - starting A signal to begin (as in a race) "the runners awaited the start"; - starting signal A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game "The runners took their positions at the start"; - starting line, scratch, scratch line The advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) "with an hour's start he will be hard to ...