commence
/kəˈmɛns
/verb
Begin: [with object]: his design team commenced work [no object]: a public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th...
- Training has commenced for all teams and new players would be very welcome in any age group.
- On arrival the group were divided into four teams and then activities commenced.
- The good news is that the building has commenced and is due to be completed by the end of August.
Synonyms
begin, start, start off;
get down to business, get the ball rolling, get going, get under way, get off the ground, make a start on, set about, go about, enter on, embark on, launch into, lead off, get down to, set in motion, ring up the curtain on, open, initiate, institute, inaugurate;
go ahead
informal get cracking on, get stuck into, kick off, get the show on the road
British informal get weaving (on)
Origin
Middle English: from Old French commencier, comencier, based on Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + initiare 'begin'.
Rhymes
- triceps
- triceratops
- trichiasis
- trichina
- Trichinopoly
- trichinosis
- trichloracetic acid
- trichloranisole
- trichloroacetate
- trichloroacetic acid
- trichloroethane
- trichloroethylene
- trichlorophenol
- tricho-
- trichocyst
- trichological
- trichologist
- trichology
- trichome
- trichomonad
- trichomonal
- trichomoniasis
- trichophagia
- trichophagy
- trichophobia