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Commence Meeting Begin Start Ceremony Formal Kə'Mens Minister

Front commence
Pron [kə'mens]
Back 【COMMENCE】
The ceremony will commence as soon as the minister arrives.
部长一到典礼就开始。
【重点词汇】
commence v. 开始 同: begin
Vocab
commenceset in motion, cause to start

Commence is a fancy way of saying begin at the start of a formal event such as a meeting or war.

If a congressman wants to start a meeting to vote on an important bill, he might say, "This meeting will begin immediately." Or, he could make the same statement in a more formal way by saying, "This meeting will commence immediately. Interestingly enough, while the word commence means to start, a commencement ceremony marks the end of a college career.

All forms of 'commence' will appear on average once every 109 pages.
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