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Learn to pronounce com·mence

/kəˈmens/
verb
begin; start.
"his design team commenced work"
synonyms: begin, start, start off, get down to business, get the ball rolling, get going, get under way, get off the ground, make a start on, set about, go about, enter on, embark on, launch into, lead off, get down to, set in motion, ring up the curtain on, open, initiate, institute, inaugurate, go ahead, get cracking on, get stuck into, kick off, get the show on the road, get weaving (on)

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