Definition of commences

"commences" in the verb sense

1. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence

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"

2. begin, lead off, start, commence

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"

3. start, start up, embark on, commence

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"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for commences

But on he moves to meet his latter end,
Angels around befriending virtue's friend;
Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay,
While resignation gently slopes the way;
And all his prospects bright'ning to the last,
His heaven commences, ere the world be past! [ Goldsmith ]

While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past. [ Goldsmith ]

When a man hath once done blushing, he commences a hardened sinner. [ Proverb ]

When a man and woman are married, their romance ceases and their history commences. [ Rochebrune ]

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends toward the formation of character. Let parents bear this ever in mind. [ Hosea Ballou ]

commences in Scrabble®

The word commences is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters commences:

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commences in Words With Friends™

The word commences is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 22

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Words within the letters of commences

2 letter words in commences (7 words)

3 letter words in commences (13 words)

5 letter words in commences (10 words)

6 letter words in commences (1 word)

8 letter words in commences (1 word)

9 letter words in commences (1 word)

commences + 1 blank (1 word)

commences + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence commences

Words that start with commences (1 word)

Words with commences in them (1 word)

Words that end with commences (2 words)

Word Growth involving commences

Shorter words in commences

en men commence

me men commence

Longer words containing commences

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