recommence
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
Explanation
The verb recommence means "begin again." Play may recommence in a baseball game after a rain delay, for example, or your diet may recommence after the new year. When you see the re- prefix on this word, you likely know that recommence is going to involve something that is done again. Commence means “begin.” So, when you recommence something, you start it again, like studying all day, taking a break for dinner, then recommencing the studying in the evening.
Vocabulary lists containing recommence
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A Long Way from Chicago
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Example Sentences
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Recommence again at 2d row, and repeat the stripes of drab five times, and of pink three times.
From The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 by Unknown
Recommence, you mean, my dear young lady," replied Paganel; "for there was an insurrection so far back as 1845.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
L’Astre dont la lumiere Nous dispense les jours, Au bout de sa carriere Recommence son cours.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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