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Definición y significado de commence
Definición
commence (v.)
1.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"
2.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"
3.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"
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Merriam Webster
CommenceCom*mence" (kŏm*mĕns"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commenced (kŏm*mĕnst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Commencing.] [F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate.]
1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
Here the anthem doth commence. Shak.
His heaven commences ere the world be past. Goldsmith.
2. To begin to be, or to act as. [Archaic]
We commence judges ourselves. Coleridge.
3. To take a degree at a university. [Eng.]
I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age. Fuller.
CommenceCom*mence", v. t. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak.
☞ It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (instead of the infinitive with to) after commence; as, he commenced studying, not he commenced to study.
Sinónimos
commence (v.)
begin, break, dawn, embark on, get, get/set to work, get down, inaugurate, initiate, kick off, launch, lead off, originate, proceed, set about, set in, set out, start, start out, start up, strike up, take to
commence (v. trans.) (literary)
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commence (v. trans.)
↘ beginner, beginning, do again, do over again, recommence, start
commence (v.)
↘ beginner, debutant, fledgling, initiate, newbie, noob, novice, tenderfoot, tiro, tyro ≠ bring to an end, close, discontinue, end, put an end to, scotch, stop, terminate
Frases
Diccionario analógico
commence (v.)
get going, go, start[Hyper.]
beginning, commencement, start - start - entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, novice, starter - beginner, debutant, fledgling, initiate, newbie, noob, novice, tenderfoot, tiro, tyro - beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, onset, outset, showtime, start, starting time[Dérivé]
begin[Domaine]
bring to an end, close, discontinue, end, put an end to, scotch, stop, terminate[Ant.]
commence (v.)
beginning, commencement, start - beginning - start - beginner, father, founder, founding father, incorporator, institutor, spiritual father - beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, onset, outset, showtime, start, starting time[Dérivé]
begin, start[Cause]
begin[Domaine]
bring to an end, close, discontinue, end, put an end to, scotch, stop, terminate[Ant.]
commence (v.)
commence (v. tr.)
[literary]
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