The meeting will commence.
Source: tatoeba (22432)
Commence
//kəˈmɛns//
Synonyms for "commence" (70 found)
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11 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- սկսել verb (begin, start)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- başlamaq verb (begin, start)
Belarusian
4 entries- пача́цца verb (begin, start)
- пача́ць verb (begin, start)
- пачына́цца verb (begin, start)
- пачына́ць verb (begin, start)
Bulgarian
1 entries- започвам verb (begin, start)
Catalan
1 entries- començar verb (begin, start)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 開始 /开始 verb (begin, start)
Danish
1 entries- begynde verb (begin, start)
Dutch
1 entries- aanvangen verb (begin, start)
Esperanto
1 entries- komenciĝi verb (begin, start)
Finnish
1 entries- aloittaa verb (begin, start)
French
1 entries- commencer verb (begin, start)
Galician
1 entries- comezar verb (begin, start)
Georgian
1 entries- დაწყება verb (begin, start)
German
2 entries- anfangen verb (begin, start)
- beginnen verb (begin, start)
Greek
1 entries- αρχίζω verb (begin, start)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- komanse verb (begin, start)
Hungarian
1 entries- elkezd verb (begin, start)
Interlingua
1 entries- comenciar verb (begin, start)
Italian
1 entries- cominciare verb (begin, start)
Japanese
2 entries- 始まる verb (begin, start)
- 始める verb (begin, start)
Norwegian
2 entries- begynne verb (begin, start)
- påbegynne verb (begin, start)
Persian
1 entries- آغاز کردن verb (begin, start)
Polish
2 entries- poczać verb (begin, start)
- poczynać verb (begin, start)
Portuguese
1 entries- começar verb (begin, start)
Romanian
1 entries- începe verb (begin, start)
Russian
2 entries- начина́ть verb (begin, start)
- начина́ться verb (begin, start)
Slovene
2 entries- pričenjati verb (begin, start)
- pričeti verb (begin, start)
Spanish
4 entries- comenzar verb (begin, start)
- decentar verb (begin, start)
- empezar verb (begin, start)
- encentar verb (begin, start)
Swedish
2 entries- begynna verb (begin, start)
- börja verb (begin, start)
Tagalog
1 entries- magsimula verb (begin, start)
Turkish
3 entries- açmak verb (begin, start)
- başlamak verb (begin, start)
- başlatmak verb (begin, start)
Ukrainian
4 entries- поча́ти verb (begin, start)
- поча́тися verb (begin, start)
- почина́ти verb (begin, start)
- почина́тися verb (begin, start)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The conference will commence in due course.
Source: tatoeba (22499)
"Demander" can also mean "to wonder" in French, if you put the word "me" in front of it. So, for example, the expression "Je me demande quand le film commence" means "I wonder when the movie begins."
Source: tatoeba (6990507)
Please commence with the vows.
Source: tatoeba (8390788)
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