commenced
[ kuh-menst ]
/ kəˈmɛnst /
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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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM commenced
un·com·menced, adjectivewell-com·menced, adjectiveWords nearby commenced
commemorate, commemoration, commemorative, commemoratory, commence, commenced, commencement, commencing, commend, commendable, commendam
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