commence
Verb
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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
verb group: begin - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language -
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"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
verb group: begin - have a beginning, of a temporal event -
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"subtypes:
- inaugurate, kick off - commence officially
- open - begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
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