American English pronunciation
How to pronounce commenced
IPA transcription: [kə'mɛnst]
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Verb
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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”
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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”
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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”
Usage examples
- It commenced to blow harder, raising the desert sands.
- Production then commenced, renaming the bubble car as "Trojan Cabin Cruiser".
- He then commenced work on "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma".
- Thus commenced the world's first successful elevated railway.
- He then commenced law practice in Hagerstown, Maryland.
- On that date, the first two-passenger trains commenced service.
- They also commenced in the world of editing postcards and photographs.
- Afterwards, according to Livy, the Crustumini commenced hostilities.
- Work commenced on a number of significant civil and building projects in this year.
- He commenced the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, Ohio.