Antonyms for commence

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh-mens

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɛns

Definition of commence

Origin : c.1300, from Old French comencier "to begin, start" (10c., Modern French commencer), from Vulgar Latin *cominitiare, originally "to initiate as priest, consecrate," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + initiare "to initiate," from initium (see initial (adj.)). Spelling with double -m- began in French and was established in English by 1500. Related: Commenced; commencing.

verb start action

Example sentences :

The office has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

In the mean time, the slaughter was about to commence on the other side.
Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont

At four in the morning, we would turn out, and commence our work.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

O, when will the reign of perfect charity, that "thinketh no evil," commence!
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

I never give up what I once commence, and I never fail in what I undertake!
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I wish you'd commence to-night, instead of choir practice night.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Take the money that now ascends, Madame; but after that, no more, for we commence!
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

He will commence with the celebrated Experience of the bee in the window.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

We had been ready to commence the play for an hour, and I was greatly excited.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

I cried with rage, and just then I was informed that the second act of Phdre was about to commence.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Synonyms for commence

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