~ (with sth) (formal) to begin to happen; to begin sth
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[V] The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon. * The day commenced with a welcome from the principal. * I will be on leave during the week commencing 15 February. * [VN] She commenced her medical career in 1956. * The company commenced operations in April. * to commence bankruptcy proceedings against sb * [V-ing] We commence building next week. [also Vtoinf]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for commence is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is commence a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, commence is tagged as verb.
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