HOW TO PRONOUNCE
commence
/kəˈmɛns/
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What does commence mean?
verb
- To begin, start.
- To begin or start.
- To begin to be, or to act as.
More meanings (1)
verb
- (dated) To take a degree at a university.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈmɛns/
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We have another cruise to make to Tierra del Fuego next summer, and then our voyage round the world will really commence.
They would come nimbly forward, and commence grubbing with their forefeet and snouts around the roots of herbage, searching for insect larvae.
More book examples (3)
We know of no better way to commence a book about Atlantis than by giving in full the record preserved by Plato.
The conditions were not at all favourable for sledging, which I had hoped to commence as soon as the Hut was completed.
At about this time they leave the mother, if they have not already done so, and commence depredations on their own account.