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  Commence \Com*mence"\ (k[o^]m*m[e^]ns"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Commenced (k[o^]m*m[e^]nst"); 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.
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              Here the anthem doth commence.        --Shak.
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              His heaven commences ere the world be past.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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     2. To begin to be, or to act as. [Archaic]
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              We commence judges ourselves.         --Coleridge.
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     3. To take a degree at a university. [Eng.]
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              I question whether the formality of commencing was
              used in that age.                     --Fuller.
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  Commence \Com*mence"\, v. t.
     To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
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           Many a wooer doth commence his suit.     --Shak.
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     Note: 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.
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  Commence \Com*mence"\, v. t.
     To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
  
           Many a wooer doth commence his suit.     --Shak.
  
     Note: 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.

  Commence \Com*mence"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commenced; 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.

  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" [syn: get down, begin, get,
            start out, start, set about, set out] [ant: end]
       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" [syn: begin, lead off, start]
          [ant: end]
       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" [syn: start,
           start up, embark on]

  commence
     Αγγλικά vb.
     αρχίζω

  commence
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To begin, start.

  commence
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To begin, start.

  commence
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To begin, start.

  commence
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To begin, start.

  commence
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 c ommenc e)

  commence
     Franska vb.
     (böjning fr verb commencer)

  commence /kəmˈɛns/
  1. aanvang, begin, instel
  2. aanbreek

  Commence /kəmˈɛns/
  إشرع

  commence //kəˈmɛns// 
  започвам
  begin, start

  commence /kəmˈɛns/
  započít

  commence /kəmˈɛns/ 
  zahájit

  commence /kəmˈɛns/ 
  začít

  commence //kəˈmɛns// 
  aloittaa
  begin, start

  commence /kəmens/
  1. aborder, commencer
  2. débuter

  commence /kəmens/
  tionscain, tosaigh

  commence /kəmˈɛns/ 
  1. आरम्भ~होना
        "The meeting will commence at 12:00 noon."

  commence /kəmˈɛns/
  početi, započeti

  commence /kəmˈɛns/
  cominciare

  commence //kəˈmɛns// 
  始める, 始まる
  begin, start

  commence //kəˈmɛns// 
  begynne, påbegynne
  begin, start

  commence /kəˈmens/ 
    rozpoczynać się, rozpoczynać

  commence /kəmens/
  1. começar, iniciar

  commence /kəmens/
  1. comenzar, decentar, empezar, enteblar
  2. principiar

  commence //kəˈmɛns// 
  börja, begynna
  begin, start

  commence /kəmˈɛns/
  1. başlamak.

  
/kəˈmɛns/

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "commence":
     arise, begin, blast away, blast off, come into being, dive in,
     embark, embark on, embark upon, enter, enter upon, establish,
     fall to, get to, go ahead, head into, inaugurate, initiate,
     jump off, kick off, launch, lead off, open, originate, pitch in,
     plunge into, send off, set about, set in, set out, set sail,
     set to, start, start in, start off, start out, take off, take up,
     turn to
  
  

  v. 开始,著手;

     vt.
     vi. 开始,倡导