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Synonyms for commence
kəˈmɛnscom·mence
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
commence
Synonyms:
begin, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, startAntonyms:
abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, desist, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, pause, quit, refrain, stop, terminate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
commence
Synonyms:
begin, start, open, initiate, inaugurate, enter upon, set about, undertakeAntonyms:
finish, terminate, conclude, consummate, complete
Princeton's WordNet
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commenceverb
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"
Synonyms:
bug out, take, pop, make, mystify, experience, develop, put down, draw, array, have, become, sustain, protrude, jump, initiate, receive, scram, take off, bulge, go, stimulate, sire, lead off, bulge out, drive, engender, startle, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, beat, swallow, set about, get down, father, go about, incur, contract, dispirit, bring forth, grow, get going, come out, dumbfound, stupefy, start, depress, light, cast down, originate, take up, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, range, buzz off, catch, write down, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, deject, generate, capture, find, amaze, get off, baffle, produce, approach, pop out, attempt, start out, pose, vex, embark on, aim, let, set forth, perplex, arrest, gravel, begin, let down, fetch, depart, set down, part, dismount, arrive, set out, convey, set off, acquire, come, lower, bring down, dismay, pay off, undertake, unhorse, demoralise, cause, lay out, start up, demoralize, take down, nonplusbegin, lead off, start, commenceverb
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"
Synonyms:
go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, protrude, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, lead astray, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jumpstart, start up, embark on, commenceverb
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"
Synonyms:
go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump
Dictionary of English Synonymes
commenceverb
commenceverb
Synonyms:
take the first step, make a beginning, break ground, break the icecommenceverb
Synonyms:
begin, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
commenceverb
Synonyms:
begin
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#26 | have | |
#77 | get | |
#100 | find | |
#123 | go | |
#132 | make | |
#207 | part | |
#246 | take | |
#283 | open | |
#474 | start | |
#504 | come | |
#543 | let | |
#566 | experience | |
#605 | range | |
#613 | light | |
#652 | become | |
#737 | drive | |
#909 | receive | |
#1040 | started | |
#1043 | institute | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1180 | starting | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1223 | cause | |
#1266 | approach | |
#1425 | bring | |
#1430 | mother | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1692 | father | |
#1805 | begin | |
#1861 | jump | |
#2111 | began | |
#2273 | produce | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2584 | obtain | |
#2751 | aim | |
#2851 | beat | |
#2923 | grow | |
#3056 | attempt | |
#3064 | array | |
#3232 | launch | |
#3286 | starts | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3965 | generate | |
#4006 | capture | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#5474 | arrive | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6810 | acquire | |
#6848 | suffer | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#9347 | undertake | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10803 | initiate | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#11293 | commencement | |
#11883 | swallow | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#12977 | convey | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#13296 | commenced | |
#14104 | fetch | |
#14129 | induce | |
#15418 | commence | |
#17603 | incur | |
#19965 | sire | |
#21569 | originate | |
#28274 | bulge | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#33345 | dismay | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#47884 | depress | |
#54523 | vex | |
#58050 | engender | |
#68351 | startle | |
#75991 | dismount | |
#82277 | scram | |
#82310 | inaugurate | |
#84682 | protrude | |
#89838 | beget | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#163167 | demoralize | |
#224053 | bewilder |
How to use commence in a sentence?
No one is above the law, including New York's top legal officer, i will be asking an appropriate New York District Attorney to commence an immediate investigation, and proceed as the facts merit.
We do plan to announce in the days ahead the award of the (engineering, procurement, construction) contracts for 7 projects in India and are excited to commence construction of these projects we successfully won in the fall of this year.
Major League Baseball has been actively considering numerous contingency plans that would allow play to commence once the public health situation has improved to the point that it is safe to do so, while we have discussed the idea of staging games at one location as one potential option, we have not settled on that option or developed a detailed plan.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:
We are going to have to have a negotiation about how much we are going to spend in discretionary accounts of the government this year. And all of that will commence sometime after this fiscal year, i think the Speaker and myself and the White House are going to have to discuss how to resolve our differences.
Alright, Im going to commence the procedure, oh, yep, that feels weird.
Translations for commence
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- تبدأArabic
- пачынацца, пачаць, пачынаць, пачаццаBelarusian
- започвамBulgarian
- començarCatalan, Valencian
- begyndeDanish
- anfangen, beginnenGerman
- αρχίζωGreek
- komenciĝiEsperanto
- principiar, empezar, iniciar, comenzarSpanish
- شروع کنPersian
- aloittaaFinnish
- commencerFrench
- komanseHaitian Creole
- elkezdHungarian
- սկսելArmenian
- comenciarInterlingua
- cominciareItalian
- aanvangenDutch
- påbegynne, begynneNorwegian
- começarPortuguese
- începeRomanian
- начинать, начинатьсяRussian
- börjaSwedish
- başlatmakTurkish
- початися, починати, почати, починатисяUkrainian
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