Information about the word commence (English → Esperanto: komenciĝi)

Synonyms: begin, be started, start, set in, kick off

Part of speechverb

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) commence(I) commenced
(thou) commencest(thou) commencedst
(he) commences, commenceth(he) commenced
(we) commence(we) commenced
(you) commence(you) commenced
(they) commence(they) commenced
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) commence (I) commenced
(thou) commence(thou) commenced
(he) commence(he) commenced
(we) commence(we) commenced
(you) commence(you) commenced
(they) commence(they) commenced
Imperative mood
commence
Participles
Present participlePast participle
commencingcommenced

Usage samples

He was intending to fly home just hours after the hostilities had commenced, but with the airports closed, he instead flew to Warsaw in Poland and drove almost 500 miles back home and over the border to Kyiv.

Translations

Afrikaansbegin
Albanianfilloj
Czechpočínat; počít; začínat; začít; zahájit
Danishbegynde
Dutchaanvangen; beginnen; een aanvang nemen
Esperantokomenciĝi
Faeroeseverða byrjaður
Frenchdébuter
Germanbeginnen
Italiancominciare
Low Germanbeginnen
Norwegianbegynne
Papiamentokuminsá
Portuguesecomeçar
Saterland Frisianbeginne; ounfange
Scottish Gaelictòisich
Spanishcomenzar; empezar
Srananbigin
Swedishbegynna; börja
Thaiเริ่ม
Turkishbaşlamak
West Frisianbegjinne; oanbrekke; oanfange; oangean; begjin