commence
co
kə
kē
mmence
ˈmɛns
mens
/kəˈmɛns/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "commence"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start an action or event
Transitive: to commence an action or event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They commenced construction on the new building last month.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āϤ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start happening or being
Intransitive: to commence | to commence point in time
to commence definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The construction work commenced early in the morning.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin the process of obtaining a university degree
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Intransitive
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the 19th century, many young men commenced at university to study law or medicine.
āωāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚āĻļ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€āϤ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϝ⧁āĻŦāĻ• āφāχāύ āĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤

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