Beginning and Commence

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Beginning adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.

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Commence is a synonym for beginning. In some cases you can use "Commence" instead a verb "Beginning".

Nearby Words: begin, beginner

Commence verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).

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Beginning is a synonym for commence. Sometimes you can replace term "Beginning" with "Commence", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: commencement, commencing

Usually there was lots of perjury involved (an old legal story is about a judge who would always say, at the beginning of his days earmarked for divorce proceedings, "Let the perjury commence"), and this was a key reason for no-fault divorces finally being legalized.

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