Unscramble commence

Definition of commence

verb:

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn", "Who will start?", "Get working as soon as the sun rises!", "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia", "He began early in the day", "Let's get down to work now". Synonyms: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out. Antonyms: end.
• set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East", "The Iraqis began hostilities", "begin a new chapter in your life". Synonyms: begin, lead off, start. Antonyms: end.
• get off the ground; "Who started this company?", "We embarked on an exciting enterprise", "I start my day with a good breakfast", "We began the new semester", "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM", "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack". Synonyms: embark on, start, start up.

Related words

attack, auspicate, embark, enter, fall, inaugurate, introduce, jumpstart, launch, open, plunge, recommence, start.

Words nearby

commerce.

Rhymes with

commonsense, condense, defence, defense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, immense, incense, intense, offense, pretense, sense, suspense, tense, thence, whence, whence.