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getting started

getting started is the present participle and gerund of get started.

Meaning of get started

Verb

get started (third-person singular simple present gets started, present participle getting started, simple past got started, past participle (UK) got started or (US) gotten started)

  1. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
    • Come on guys, settle down, it's time to get started
  2. (transitive) To begin (an activity or event); to get something to start.
    • Get the car started and then we can set off.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to start talking about something in length.
    • He is also an avid photographer and falconer. Don't get him started talking about his birds because he won't stop for a while.2015, A. J. Marcus, Grizzly Discovery

Questions about getting started

What is getting started the present participle and gerund of?
Getting started is the present participle and gerund of get started.

Words near getting started in the dictionary

  1. getting someone's nanny-goat
  2. getting someone's number
  3. getting someone's shirt out
  4. getting something over with
  5. getting something twisted
  6. getting started
  7. getting straight
  8. getting stuck in
  9. getting stuck into
  10. getting sturdy
  11. getting taken in

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