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Word: Commence
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French commencier, comencier, based on Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + initiare ‘begin’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəˈmɛns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
begin
Short Definition:begin
Examples:- his design team commenced work
- a public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th
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