starting post
- noun
- Texting
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poste de salida
- The horses lined up at the starting post before the race began.
Examples
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Each competitor took their position at the starting post, waiting for the signal to begin.
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The starting post was painted bright white.
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Spectators gathered near the starting post to watch the excitement as the runners prepared.
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The horses lined up at the starting post.
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Each competitor took their position at the starting post, waiting for the signal to begin.
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Spectators gathered near the starting post to watch the excitement as the runners prepared.
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The horses lined up at the starting post before the race began.
Synonyms
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3.0
A place, time, or situation that people use as a basis for later action
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3.3
The starting line marked on the ground for a race or game
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2.0
A marked line where people begin a race or game
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4.8
A line that shows where people start a race
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'first message' is essentially a compositional combination of 'starting' (initial) + 'post' (message), so if a learner knows the communicative sense of 'post' the meaning is directly derivable. However, 'post' is polysemous (the provided definition is a physical stake), so learners who only know the literal material sense may not map it to an online message; this reliance on a specific sense makes the phrase only partially predictable.
Etymology
Starting post comes from horse races: it is the post at the line where horses stand to begin a race. That's why starting post means the place where something begins, the 'starting point' of a race.