starting time


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Noun1.starting time - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
birth - the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"
incipience, incipiency - beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"
point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"
starting point, terminus a quo - earliest limiting point
threshold - the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
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The club, who play their home games at Braehead Arena, have altered their starting times for the forthcoming Scottish National League season having listened to concerns from supporters about their usual time slot.
Starting time 10am: Old Station car park, High Street, Barrow upon Soar, Grid reference: SK574174, nearest postcode: LE12 8PN.
The starting time was moved to 1310 (1.10pm) in 2004 and 1320 hours (1.20pm) in 2006 to allow for live television coverage of the start from Sydney Harbour.
She said she finds it disconcerting that the starting time at Worcester East Middle School was subsequently switched back to 7:15 a.m.
THE Irish Turf Club has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the confusion caused at Galway last Thursday by one of the races starting almost five minutes before the advertised starting time.
starting time of a Yankees-Red Sox game to avoid conflicting with Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, which begins at sundown.
There are many questions yet to be answered about the consequences of a change in school starting time. But one thing is certain: as the transition is being planned and implemented, all the stakeholders who will be affected need to be consulted and kept informed.
After all, in most other sports, competitors concede the contest if they aren't ready by the appointed starting time.
According to Ronald Dahl, "There are very few data on sleep deprivation in normal children."3 Despite the lack of data, there is a growing concern that children, and especially adolescents, are not getting the sleep they require to be at their best in school, at work, or in the community.4 Some school districts that have been alerted to this concern have responded by changing to a later school starting time for adolescents.