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to commence
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
commence
3rd person singular
commences
Present participle
commencing
Past simple
commenced
Past participle
commenced
Examples
The manager commenced the project by assigning tasks to each team member.
02
to begin the process of obtaining a university degree
Dialect
British
BritishIntransitive
Old use
Examples
He commenced at Oxford University, pursuing a degree in literature.
Lexical Tree
commencement
recommence
commence
