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• present participle of commence.

commencing

American  

[kuh-men-sing] / kəˈmɛn sɪŋ /

noun

1. the act, fact, or time of starting or beginning.

   From the commencing of his career as a painter, his prime concerns have been people's pain and longing and the beauty of nature.

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adjective

1. starting; beginning.

   She became a Junior Assistant in the local public library at a commencing salary of $45 a week—not bad for those days.

Etymology

Origin of commencing

First recorded in 1580–90; commenc(e) ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; commenc(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

Example Sentences

Commencing the evening was a super hilarious set from actress/writer and stand-up comedian Jodi Miller, who has appeared on America’s Got Talent and is regularly featured on the comedy game show Funny You Should Ask.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Commencing at roughly 10,500 feet in elevation at Green Butte Ridge, the avalanche flowed 2.5 miles down a 3,200-foot vertical drop into the aptly named Avalanche Gulch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Commencing with a cheerful explanation of how all of us are utterly alone in this world, Charlie Brooker turns to TV's treatment of love and how the "flickering fibbing machine" has misled us about romance.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2011

The proof is to be found in an obscure document called "Accounts, G. Washington with the United States, Commencing June 1775, and ending June 1783, Comprehending a Space of 8 Years."

From Time Magazine Archive

Commencing immediately, he’d tell them, they would no longer abandon equipment along the route of march.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Related Words

• arising
• beginning
• starting
• stemming