Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - commence
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Commence
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(commences, commencing, commenced) When something commences or you commence it, it begins. (FORMAL) The academic year commences at the beginning of October... They commenced a systematic search... The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it. = begin VERB: V, V n/-ing, V to-inf
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verb (~d; commencing) Etymology: Middle English comencen, from Anglo-French comencer, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiare, from Latin com- + Late Latin initiare to begin, from Latin, to initiate Date: 14th century transitive verb to enter upon ; begin ~ proceedings intransitive verb 1. to have or make a beginning ; start the meeting will ~ soon 2. chiefly British to take a degree at a university Synonyms: see begin • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. & intr. formal begin. Etymology: ME f. OF com(m)encier f. Rmc (as COM-, L initiare INITIATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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начинать – to commence preliminary negotiations – to commence proceedings – to commence suit COMMENCE гл. начинать Ant: to cease, to end, to terminate ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. начинать to commence a lawsuit —- начать судебное дело 2. начинаться the play will commence at eight —- спектакль начнется в восемь часов 3. получать ученую степень в университете Id: he who commences many things finishes but few —- посл. за все сразу берешься - ничего не добьешься; за двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v formal to begin or to start something (A trial commences with opening statements.) commence sth (Your first evaluation will be six months after you commence employment. | commence doing sth) (You may commence reading, Jeremy.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 13c., from O.Fr. comencier, from V.L. *cominitiare, orig. "to initiate as priest, consecrate," from L. com- "together" + initiare "to initiate." The academic sense of commencement "action of taking a full degree," is in M.E. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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