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starting point en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (figuratively, sometimes) The place where a journey starts.
   • King's Cross Station proved to be the starting point of a journey that took me around the world.
2. The first steps when commencing an activity.
   • Examining the data and facts will be a good starting point.
   • Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […]. 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
   • What Loehr called the Middle Western Chou is the probable starting point, that is, during the mid-eleventh century B.C.⁵⁸ when a breakdown in the old order of Phase I can be documented. For instance, a yu found at T'un-hsi, Anhui, (Plate 19) is decorated with intertwining birds both on the belly and lid and exemplifies this conversion. 1979, Katheryn McAllister Linduff, Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:

Forms

Relateds

starting time

Synonyms

point of departure · point of departure

Translations (45)

cmn 基礎 /基础 (first steps when commencing an activity) · fi aloitus (first steps when commencing an activity) · fo útgangspunkt (first steps when commencing an activity) · cy tarddle (place where a journey starts) · ga tús (place where a journey starts) · hy մեկնարկ (place where a journey starts) · mk поаѓа́лиште (place where a journey starts) · az çıxış nöqtəsi (first steps when commencing an activity) · ro punct de plecare (place where a journey starts) · fr commencement (first steps when commencing an activity) · grc ἀφορμή (place where a journey starts) · nn utgangspunkt (first steps when commencing an activity) · da udgangspunkt (first steps when commencing an activity) · pl punkt wyjścia (place where a journey starts) · az çıxış nöqtəsi (place where a journey starts) · cmn 起始點 /起始点 (place where a journey starts) · fi lähtöpaikka (place where a journey starts) · hy մեկնարկ (first steps when commencing an activity) · sv utgångspunkt (place where a journey starts) · ca punt de partida (place where a journey starts) · eo elirpunkto (place where a journey starts) · fr point de départ (place where a journey starts) · pl punkt wyjścia (first steps when commencing an activity) · cmn 出發點 /出发点 (first steps when commencing an activity) · nl uitgangspunt (first steps when commencing an activity) · de Ausgangspunkt (first steps when commencing an activity) · fo útgangspunkt (place where a journey starts) · es punto de partida (place where a journey starts) · nn utgangspunkt (place where a journey starts) · fi lähtökohta (first steps when commencing an activity) · ga túsphointe (place where a journey starts) · nb startsted (place where a journey starts) · cmn 起點 /起点 (first steps when commencing an activity) · nb utgangspunkt (first steps when commencing an activity) · cmn 開端 /开端 (first steps when commencing an activity) · cmn 起點 /起点 (place where a journey starts) · cmn 出發點 /出发点 (place where a journey starts) · fi lähtöpiste (place where a journey starts) · de Ausgangspunkt (place where a journey starts) · nb utgangspunkt (place where a journey starts) · fi lähtöpiste (first steps when commencing an activity) · nl beginpunt (place where a journey starts) · cy man cychwyn (first steps when commencing an activity) · fr point de départ (first steps when commencing an activity) · eo elirpunkto (first steps when commencing an activity)