Commence: alternatives and connections

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Jet, the mineral.

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of Have

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To lead in; to introduce.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To leap; to jump.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Auspicious.

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To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

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Invested with office; inaugurated.

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To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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To commence or begin again.

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of Run

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To leap; to jump.

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The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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To leap; to jump.

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To leap; to jump.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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To leap; to jump.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Jet, the mineral.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To leap; to jump.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

Commence overlaps with begin, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

To leap; to jump.

Commence is formal and common in legal or procedural writing.