Definitions for commence
kəˈmɛnscom·mence

Princeton's WordNet(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence(verb)

   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, commence(verb)

   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, commence(verb)

   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(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. commence(Verb)

   To begin, start.

Origin: From commencer, from cominitiare, formed on com- + initiō

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Commence(verb)

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

2. Commence(verb)

   to begin to be, or to act as

3. Commence(verb)

   to take a degree at a university

4. Commence(verb)

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

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce commence?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Albert Einstein:

   Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.

4. Charles de LEUSSE:

   I love you” begins by I, and ends up by you. ("Je t'aime" commence par Je, - Mais il finit par toi.)

5. Kishu Gomes:

   We are expecting the recovery to commence. It is too early to say how fast and to what level it will be.

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