commence

/kəmˈɛns/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
   “We began working at dawn”
2. set in motion, cause to start
   “The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”
3. get off the ground
   “Who started this company?”

Synonyms for commence

• get down
• begin
• get
• start out
• start
• set about
• set out
• lead off
• start up
• embark on

Words that rhyme with commence

• defense
• defence
• sense
• tense
• condense
• fence
• offense
• pretense
• dense
• expense
• incense
• recompense
• dispense
• hence
• intense
• suspense
• thence
• commonsense
• frankincense
• immense
• whence
• antisense
• bence
• ferenc
• hense
• nondefense
• nunsense
• pence
• pense
• spence