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commenced

American  
[kuh-menst] / kəˈmɛnst /

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.

Other Word Forms

  • uncommenced adjective
  • well-commenced adjective

Etymology

Origin of commenced

commence + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Museum director-general Bart Ouvry said a new effort to digitize its archives commenced at the start of February, building on past work to create a homogenized data set.

From The Wall Street Journal

The four stocks joined the S&P 500 as trading commenced on Monday.

From Barron's

Shares are at their highest level since they commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange in February 2020.

From Barron's

He swung up on the flatcar and commenced feeding stove lengths into the Agitator.

From Literature

“He is likely to see a more supportive environment for prices today than if he had commenced negotiations two weeks ago,” Analyst Andrew Hines says of Wensley’s China talks.

From The Wall Street Journal

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