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commenced

[kuh-menst] / kəˈmɛnst /
ADJECTIVE
originated
Synonyms
STRONG
begun created started
ADJECTIVE
present
Synonyms
STRONGEST
current
STRONG
begun being coeval contemporary instant modern nowadays prompt started today
WEAK
ad hoc already at this moment contemporaneous even now existent extant for the time being going on immediate in duration in process just now present-day topical under consideration up-to-date
Antonyms
STRONG
late old
WEAK
far former future past previous
ADJECTIVE
present-day
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contemporary modern
WEAK
ad hoc already at this moment begun being coeval contemporaneous current even now existent existing extant for the time being going on immediate in duration in process instant just now new now nowadays prompt started today topical under consideration up-to-date
Antonyms
STRONGEST
old old-fashioned
ADJECTIVE
started
Synonyms
STRONGEST
initiated
STRONG
evoked instituted
ADJECTIVE
underway
Synonyms
STRONGEST
afoot ongoing
WEAK
advancing begun in progress initiated moving started undertaken
Antonyms
WEAK
halted stopped

Example Sentences

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Broadside printing of the document commenced hours after it was approved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Many Americans were still in the region as hostilities commenced, and were left with little help from both the State Department and U.S. embassies.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

There are 5,000 party members attending the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party, which commenced on 19 February, according to KCNA.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Miss Ingram, who had now seated herself with proud grace at the piano, spreading out her snowy robes in queenly amplitude, commenced a brilliant prelude; talking meantime.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë