commence
/kə'mens/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To begin, to start: "commence" means to take the first step in an action, process, or event; to initiate something.
- To enter upon, to embark on: It can also refer to formally starting a significant undertaking, course of study, or career.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The ceremony will commence at noon.
- She commenced her speech with a thank you to the organizers.
- After graduating, he commenced his career in engineering.
Advanced Usage
"to commence proceedings": to formally begin a legal action or process.
- The company decided to commence legal proceedings against the counterfeiters.
"to commence with": to begin by doing a particular thing first.
- The meeting will commence with a review of the minutes.
Variants and Related Words
- Commencement (n): The act of beginning; a formal ceremony for conferring degrees (graduation).
- The commencement of the project was delayed.
- She attended her son's college commencement.
Synonyms
- Begin
- Start
- Initiate
- Embark on
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Commence" is not typically used in phrasal verb constructions. The concept is expressed by the verb itself or synonyms like "start up" or "begin with.")
Related Idioms
- "Commence hostilities": to begin fighting or a conflict.
- The two nations commenced hostilities after the failed negotiations.
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
- 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
- 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