Dictionary Entry
commence
commence is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 21 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
- 2intransitive verb
To begin to be, or to act as.
- 3intransitive verb
To take a degree at a university.
- 4transitive verb
To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
- 5verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"
"Who will start?"
- 6verb
set in motion, cause to start
"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"
"The Iraqis began hostilities"
- 7verb
get off the ground
"Who started this company?"
"We embarked on an exciting enterprise"
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