commenced

American

[kuh-menst] / kəˈmɛnst /

adjective

started or begun.

The newly commenced shipping service will provide customers with safer and faster cargo movement.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of commence.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of commenced

commence + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Recommenced our journey up the river at 8 a.m.; after travelling four or five miles, I turned off to obtain a view of Mounts Collicott, Cottrill, and Solomon....

From A Source Book of Australian History by Swinburne, Gwendolen H.

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