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commence
English
Etymology
From Middle English commencen, comencen (also as contracted comsen, cumsen), from Anglo-Norman comencer, cumencer, comencier, from Vulgar Latin *cominiti?, *cominiti?re, formed from Latin com- + initi? (see initiate).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Verb
commence (third-person singular simple present commences, present participle commencing, simple past and past participle commenced)
- (intransitive) To begin, start.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, The Phoenix and the Turtle,[1]
- Here the anthem doth commence:
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village” in The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, London: W. Griffin, 1775, p. 164,[2]
- His heaven commences ere the world be past!
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 4,[3]
- He commenced dressing at top by donning his beaver hat, a very tall one, by the by, and then—still minus his trowsers—he hunted up his boots.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, The Phoenix and the Turtle,[1]
- (transitive) To begin to be, or to act as.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 126,[4]
- […] he furnish’d me with a Gun, Cartouch-box, and Powder-horn, &c. and thus accouter’d I commenc’d Soldier.
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character, London: Taylor & Hessey, Prudential Aphorisms, Aphorism 15, p. 48,[5]
- When we are wearied of the trouble of prosecuting crimes at the bar, we commence judges ourselves […]
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 126,[4]
- (Britain, intransitive, dated) To take a degree at a university.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-History of Britain, London: John Williams, The Seventh Century, p. 75,[6]
- […] I question whether the Formality of Commencing was used in that Age: inclining rather to the negative, that such Distinction of Graduates was then unknown […]
- 1861, George John Gray, Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1586-1609 (page 272)
- […] was admitted a minor fellow of his college 4 Oct. 1591, a major fellow 11 March 1591-2, and commenced M.A. in 1592.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-History of Britain, London: John Williams, The Seventh Century, p. 75,[6]
Antonyms
- cease
- stop
Related terms
- commencement
- initiate
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Verb
commence
- first-person singular present indicative of commencer
- third-person singular present indicative of commencer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of commencer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of commencer
- second-person singular imperative of commencer
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French commencer (“to commence”), compare Haitian Creole kòmanse.
Verb
commence
- to begin, commence
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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strat
English
Pronunciation
Noun
strat (plural strats)
- (video games, slang) Clipping of strategy.
Anagrams
- START, Start, Tarts, start, tarts
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strat/
Noun
strat f
- genitive plural of strata
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin str?tum.
Noun
strat n (plural straturi)
- layer
- section, strip
- coating
- (popular) bed
- stratum
Declension
Synonyms
- (layer): acoper?mânt, a?ternut, înveli?
- (bed): pat
See also
- strad?
Yola
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
strat
- a short rope made of hay or straw
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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