commence

1. Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action (synset 200346415)
   "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
   subtypes:

   • recommence - begin again
   • strike out - set out on a course of action
   • fall - begin vigorously
   • jump off - set off quickly, usually with success
   • get to - arrive at the point of
   • auspicate - commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
   • attack - set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
   • break in - start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
   • launch, plunge - begin with vigor
   • come on - occur or become available
   • embark, enter - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
   • bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving - start to be active
   same as: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out
   verb group: begin - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
2. Set in motion, cause to start (synset 200349400)
   "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
   causes: begin, start - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
   subtypes:

   • jump-start, jumpstart - start or re-start vigorously
   • recommence - cause to start anew
   • inaugurate, introduce, usher in - be a precursor of
   • set off - set in motion or cause to begin
   • commence, embark on, start, start up - get off the ground
   same as: begin, lead off, start
   verb group: begin - have a beginning, of a temporal event
3. Get off the ground (synset 201654152)
   "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
   is a type of: begin, commence, lead off, start - set in motion, cause to start
   subtypes:

   • inaugurate, kick off - commence officially
   • open - begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
   same as: embark on, start, start up

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