What does commence mean?

Definitions for commence
kəˈmɛnscom·mence

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word commence.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commenceverb

    take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

    "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

  2. begin, lead off, start, commenceverb

    set in motion, cause to start

    "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

  3. start, start up, embark on, commenceverb

    get off the ground

    "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

Wiktionary

  1. commenceverb

    To begin, start.

  2. Etymology: From commencer, from cominitiare, formed on com- + initiō

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Commenceverb

    To begin; to make a beginning of; as to commence a suit.

  2. To COMMENCEverb

    Etymology: commencer, French.

    Why hath it given me earnest of success,
    Commencing in a truth. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Man, conscious of his immortality, cannot be without concern for that state that is to commence after this life. John Rogers.

    If wit so much from ign’rance undergo,
    Ah! let not learning too commence its foe! Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. commence

    Commence refers to the act of beginning or starting something. It can describe the initiation of any action, event, or process.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Commenceverb

    to have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin

  2. Commenceverb

    to begin to be, or to act as

  3. Commenceverb

    to take a degree at a university

  4. Commenceverb

    to enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of

  5. Etymology: [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Commence

    kom-ens′, v.i. to begin: to originate: to take rise.—v.t. to begin: to originate: to enter upon: to take a university degree—e.g. 'to commence M.A.'—n. Commence′ment, the beginning: at certain universities the act of taking the degrees: the ceremony when these are conferred. [O. Fr. comencer—L. com, and initiāre, to begin—in, into, and īre, to go.]

British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'commence' in Verbs Frequency: #855

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of commence in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of commence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of commence in a Sentence

  1. Hank Johnson:

    If they don't, then legislation can commence.

  2. Kerry Adler:

    We do plan to announce in the days ahead the award of the (engineering, procurement, construction) contracts for 7 projects in India and are excited to commence construction of these projects we successfully won in the fall of this year.

  3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    We are going to have to have a negotiation about how much we are going to spend in discretionary accounts of the government this year. And all of that will commence sometime after this fiscal year, i think the Speaker and myself and the White House are going to have to discuss how to resolve our differences.

  4. Oriola Oluwaseyi:

    Whenever a new session is about to commence, sometimes we get worried when there is no money, coupled with the challenges of taking care of the home.

  5. Charles de LEUSSE:

    The ivy of the old age begins at the feet that hurt. (Le lierre de la vieillesse - Commence aux pieds qui blessent.)

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