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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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Origin of commenced

OTHER WORDS FROM commenced

un·com·menced, adjectivewell-com·menced, adjective
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