commenced

[kuh-menst]

adjective

1. started or begun.

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

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of commence.

Other Word Forms

• uncommenced adjective
• well-commenced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of commenced¹

commence + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Rose Bowl Operating Co. and the City of Pasadena have commenced a legal battle with hopes of forcing the team to stay.

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The twins wiped their noses on their sleeves and fell to the floor, where they commenced to wrestle in celebration.

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Lord Fredrick commenced to rub his back against the door frame.

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As soon as the drumbeat-sound behind the opening titles appeared, and the first black-and-white frames commenced the plot, I was transported back to a place I hadn’t anticipated visiting.

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First of all, the stock prices of both companies have rebounded to where they were before trade hostilities commenced.

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Related Words

• contemporary 
• modern