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sta rt|ing point (starting points ) also starting-point

1 N‑COUNT Something that is a starting point for a discussion or process can be used to begin it or act as a basis for it. □ [+ for ] These proposals represent a realistic starting point for negotiation.

2 N‑COUNT When you make a journey, your starting point is the place from which you start. □  They had already walked a couple of miles or more from their starting point.

star|tle /stɑː ^r t ^ə l/ (startles , startling , startled ) VERB If something sudden and unexpected startles you, it surprises and frightens you slightly. □ [V n] The telephone startled him. □ [V n] The news will startle the City. ●  star|tled ADJ □  Martha gave her a startled look.

star|tling /stɑː ^r təl I ŋ/ ADJ Something that is startling is so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surprise. □  …startling new evidence.

sta rt-up (start-ups )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] The start-up costs of something such as a new business or new product are the costs of starting to run or produce it. [BUSINESS ] □  What is the minimum start-up capital for a Pizza franchise?

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A start-up company is a small business that has recently been started by someone. [BUSINESS ] □  Thousands and thousands of start-up firms have poured into the computer market. ● N‑COUNT Start-up is also a noun. □  For now the only bright spots in the labor market are small businesses and high-tech start-ups.

sta r tu rn (star turns ) N‑COUNT The star turn of a performance or show is the main item, or the one that is considered to be the most interesting or exciting. [mainly BRIT ]

star|va|tion /stɑː ^r ve I ʃ ^ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT [usu of/from N ] Starvation is extreme suffering or death, caused by lack of food. □  Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.

starve /stɑː ^r v/ (starves , starving , starved )

1 VERB If people starve , they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death. □ [V ] A number of the prisoners we saw are starving. □ [V + to ] In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported. □ [V -ing] Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war.

2 VERB To starve someone means not to give them any food. □ [V n] They harassed and starved the Native people. □ [V pron-refl] Judy decided I was starving myself.

3 VERB If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it. □ [be V -ed + of ] The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment.

starv|ing /stɑː ^r v I ŋ/ ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you say that you are starving , you mean that you are very hungry. [INFORMAL ] □  Apart from anything else I was starving.

stash /stæ ʃ/ (stashes , stashing , stashed )

1 VERB If you stash something valuable in a secret place, you store it there to keep it safe. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n prep] He had stashed cash in two safes in his office. [Also V n]

2 N‑COUNT A stash of something valuable is a secret store of it. [INFORMAL ] □ [+ of ] Police found a stash of guns hidden in a cleaner's cupboard.

sta|sis /stæ s I s, [AM ] ste I -/ N‑UNCOUNT Stasis is a state in which something remains the same, and does not change or develop. [FORMAL ] □  Rock'n'roll had entered a period of stasis.

state ◆◆◆ /ste I t/ (states , stating , stated )