Commence (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 3
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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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Get Moving
- Get To
- Jump Off
- Auspicate
- Break In
- Fall
- Plunge
- Recommence
- Enter
- Launch
- Get Started
- Get Weaving
- Get Cracking
- Attack
- Come On
- Embark
- Bestir Oneself
- Strike Out
- Get Rolling
- Get Going