Commencing can be categorized as a verb.
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| commence - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "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" | ||
| commence - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" | ||
| commence - get off the ground; "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" |
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| 1. | verb | A baby was flung out of its mother's arms when a plane hit severe turbulence while commencing its descent prior to landing. | |
| 2. | verb | The surgeon scrubbed thoroughly up to his elbows before commencing surgery. | |
| 3. | verb | Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants. | |
| 4. | verb | User requests for additional AS400 functionality and reports have been aggressively prioritised and a code freeze will commence prior to the end of Q1 following the delivery of three reports determined as minimum requirements for the support of OBSF. | |
| 5. | verb | The meeting will commence. | |
| 6. | verb | The conference will commence in due course. | |
| 7. | verb | The meeting will commence. | |
| 8. | verb | The conference will commence in due course. |
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| A baby was flung out of its mother's arms when a plane hit severe turbulence while commencing its descent prior to landing. | |
| The surgeon scrubbed thoroughly up to his elbows before commencing surgery. | |
| Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants. | |
| User requests for additional AS400 functionality and reports have been aggressively prioritised and a code freeze will commence prior to the end of Q1 following the delivery of three reports determined as minimum requirements for the support of OBSF. |
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| The meeting will commence. | |
| The conference will commence in due course. | |
| The meeting will commence. | |
| The conference will commence in due course. | |