Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To start or begin something, such as an event or an action.
Commence
/kəˈmens/Synonyms:
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Examples:
He commenced the night in this painful persuasion.
They landed, and the combat commenced hand to hand.
In eight days' time, the sessions commenced.
Etymology:
Derived from Middle English comencen, from Old French comencier, derived from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, from Latin com- (together) + initiare (to begin), from initium (beginning).
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