commencement (kəˈmɛnsmənt
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Definitions
noun
- the beginning; start
- US Canadian a ceremony for the presentation of awards at secondary schools
- US a ceremony for the conferment of academic degrees
Synonyms
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beginning,
start,
opening,
launch,
birth,
origin,
dawn,
outset,
onset,
initiation,
inauguration,
inception,
embarkation,
Usage examples
Bauman fantasized the commencement of a revenge where the lifers turned to him to sentence her -- sentence her and Gorney both.
, Stone City (1990)We found no influence of year of commencement or publication, mean age, or proportion of Dukes ' stage C cancers on any outcome (P> 0.10).
British Medical Journal (2002)Indeed, everything seemed to be in place for the commencement of trial.
Toronto Sun (2003)It was too late to serve a 60-day notice to bring the lease to an end before the commencement of the secondary period.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)With the commencement that July of the great slaughter on the Somme it could scarcely have done otherwise.
, The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III (1990)