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

1. intransitive verb. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
2. intransitive verb. To begin to be, or to act as.
3. intransitive verb. To take a degree at a university.
4. transitive verb. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
5. verb. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

   "We began working at dawn"

   "Who will start?"

   Synonyms: begin, get, start

6. verb. set in motion, cause to start

   "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"

   "The Iraqis began hostilities"

   Synonyms: begin, start

7. verb. get off the ground

   "Who started this company?"

   "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"

   Synonyms: start

Synonyms

begin, get, start

Common word forms

commenced, commencer, commences, commencing, commenceable, commencement

Words from these letters

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