commence
Meaning of commence
- begin.
his design team commenced work
a public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th
Middle English: from Old French commencier, comencier, based on Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + initiare ‘begin’.
Information about commence
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of commence is: commences.
- Languages in which commence is used:
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Hyphenation of commence
com-mence
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- commence is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
commence synonyms
Meaning get down:
Meaning begin:
Meaning start:
Meaning (of an enterprise, meeting, or event) begin or be formally established:
Meaning cause (a process or action) to begin:
Meaning introduce or establish (a scheme, undertaking, or policy):
Meaning begin or introduce (a system, policy, or period):
commence antonyms
Meaning bring or come to an end:
Translation of commence
- Italian: avviare, cominciare, iniziare, accingersi
- French: commencer, démarrer
- German: beginnen, anfangen
- Portuguese: começar, iniciar, arrancar
- Spanish: iniciar, comenzar, arrancar
Words that rhyme with commence
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