commenced

[ kuh-menst ]

adjective

1. started or begun:

   The newly commenced shipping service will provide customers with safer and faster cargo movement.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of commence ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·com·menced adjective
• well-com·menced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of commenced¹

commence + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

"CPR was commenced until the arrival of ambulance staff but sadly the man was pronounced dead at the scene."

From BBC

Thus commenced a deer-in-headlights freeze on AI garbage spewing, and some embarrassing public backpedaling by those who survived repeated rounds of layoffs.

From Salon

Coast Guard's Board of Investigations commenced Monday in South Carolina, as officials seeks answers about the deaths of five people killed in an undersea implosion of the Titan experimental submersible in June 2023.

From Salon

The moment that essentially ended his NBA career also commenced a more wholesome life rooted in unrelenting faith.

From Los Angeles Times

I’d met him two months prior on my hellish moving day that commenced in Orange County, just as the sun set and darkness crept in.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• afoot
• ongoing