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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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The highest number of commenced legal actions, and actions pending, was at Somerset Council.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

By the time hostilities commenced in the Middle East it had halved, and Michael Saylor’s bitcoin vehicle suffered an even more vertiginous drop, from north of $450 last summer to a February trough of $106.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

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

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

The baby commenced coughing again and the woman took the gourd away.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis