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
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"
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"
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
commenceverb
To begin, start.
Etymology: From commencer, from cominitiare, formed on com- + initiō
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Commenceverb
To begin; to make a beginning of; as to commence a suit.
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
commence
Commence refers to the act of beginning or starting something. It can describe the initiation of any action, event, or process.
Webster Dictionary
Commenceverb
to have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin
Commenceverb
to begin to be, or to act as
Commenceverb
to take a degree at a university
Commenceverb
to enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of
Etymology: [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'commence' in Verbs Frequency: #855
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of commence in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of commence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of commence in a Sentence
If they don't, then legislation can commence.
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.
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.
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.
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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- تبدأArabic
- пачынацца, пачаць, пачынаць, пачаццаBelarusian
- започвамBulgarian
- començarCatalan, Valencian
- begyndeDanish
- anfangen, beginnenGerman
- αρχίζωGreek
- komenciĝiEsperanto
- principiar, empezar, iniciar, comenzarSpanish
- شروع کنPersian
- aloittaaFinnish
- commencerFrench
- komanseHaitian Creole
- elkezdHungarian
- սկսելArmenian
- comenciarInterlingua
- cominciareItalian
- aanvangenDutch
- påbegynne, begynneNorwegian
- começarPortuguese
- începeRomanian
- начинать, начинатьсяRussian
- börjaSwedish
- başlatmakTurkish
- початися, починати, почати, починатисяUkrainian
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