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commencement
English
Etymology
From French commencement; analyzable as commence +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m?nsm?nt/
- Hyphenation: com?mence?ment
Noun
commencement (countable and uncountable, plural commencements)
- The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing
- The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.
- Synonyms: rise, origin, beginning, start, dawn
- The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
- A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.
Coordinate terms
- (graduation ceremony): convocation
Related terms
- commence
Translations
References
- commencement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.m??s.m??/
Noun
commencement m (plural commencements)
- beginning, start
Further reading
- “commencement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer +? -ment
Noun
commencement m (plural commencemens)
- beginning, start
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outbreak
English
Etymology
From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ?t?brecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- +? break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out; burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?tb?e?k/
- Hyphenation: out?break
Noun
outbreak (plural outbreaks)
- An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
- Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.
- (figuratively) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
- There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
- A sudden increase.
- There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
- A geological layer that breaks out.
Synonyms
- (figurative outburst): outburst, tumult
Antonyms
- inbreak
Translations
Verb
outbreak (third-person singular simple present outbreaks, present participle outbreaking, simple past outbroke, past participle outbroken)
- (intransitive) To burst out.
- (intransitive) To break forth.
See also
- breakout
Anagrams
- break out, breakout, kabouter, outbrake
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