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commence English

Meaning commence meaning

What does commence mean?
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commence Verb

— If something commences, it begins. The school year commenced on Sept. 4.

commence

— verb (= get down, begin, get, start) 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 — verb (= begin, start) 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 — verb (= start, embark on) 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

Synonyms commence synonyms

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commence English » English

begin start initiate set about originate undertake lead off enter upon start out set out open make a beginning institute get down embark on embark start up set in introduce inaugurate get tackle stem make a start get started wage unfold take up take the first step take strike up set in motion set run rock and roll preface precede perform open up occur make a commencement lead lay launch land kick off initial inchoate hook on hitch on

Topics commence topics

What do people use commence to talk about?
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Beginning
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Tense and aspect

Aspect--dynamic verbs

Conjugation commence conjugation

How do you conjugate commence?

commence · verb

Examples commence examples

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Movie subtitles

Uh, shall we commence in, say, five minutes? Need I remind you that the time alone with my client will be at my discretion?
Commence.
The show is about to commence.
Star shell commence.
Star shell commence, commence, commence.
Commence!
Good. Signal the escort force to commence screening operations.
Mr. Burk, signal the escort force to commence screening operations.
Commence with an appetizer.
So we'll commence by having a dad-blasted good dance.
Commence firing, men!
Red Rock 1, commence attack when in position.
Commence operation!
Let the sale commence.
But you can sleep peacefully in your bed now and commence to lead the life of a happy country squire.
Commence firing.
Commence! Ah, Lucy, if you aren't the prettiest thing in this world.
Signal the escort force to commence screening operations. Aye, aye, sir.
Mr. Burke, signal the escort force to commence screening operations.
Commence planting them now, clear around the house.
Commence firing, men.
Children of all ages, the big show is about to commence.
Commence refuelling.
Ships will commence firing at 10:00.
At 10:19 a.m., they received orders to commence with their attack.
Stand by to commence firing. Stand by to commence firing.
Stand by to commence firing.
Signal the escort force to commence screening operations.
Let us commence!
Order the 75's to commence firing on our own positions.
Batteries One and Two commence firing on coordinates 32-58-78.
Batteries One and Two to commence firing on coordinates 32-58-78, over.
But General Mireau demanded that he commence firing on our own trenches.

News and current affairs

In addition, we endorsed on several measures to strengthen the link between political agreement to commence operations and the provision of the necessary forces, including through usability targets and changes to NATO's planning processes.
Scheduled to commence operations in 2017, the Kazakh fuel bank will store up to 90 tons of LEU, sufficient to refuel three typical power-producing light water reactors.
On December 1, it was decided that the war would commence in six days.

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