commencement
Meaning of commencement
- the beginning of something.
the commencement of the trial
the date of commencement
- a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred on university or high-school students.
a commencement address
Middle English: from Old French, from the verb commencier (see commence).
Information about commencement
- It is a name.
- The plural form of commencement is: commencements.
- Languages in which commencement is used:
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Hyphenation of commencement
com-mence-ment
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- commencement is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
commencement synonyms
Meaning beginning:
beginning, first, outset, start, kickoff, showtime, offset
Meaning commencement exercise:
Meaning a beginning; an initial part:
Meaning the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant:
Meaning an act or instance of launching something:
Meaning the action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual:
Meaning the establishment or starting point of an institution or activity:
Meaning the emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being:
Meaning the beginning of a phenomenon or period of time, especially one considered favourable:
Meaning the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived:
commencement antonyms
Meaning the end or finish of an event, process, or text:
Translation of commencement
- German: Beginn, Anfang, Start
- Italian: avvio, inizio, principio
- French: début, commencement
- Spanish: inicio, principio, comienzo
- Portuguese: começo, início, princípio
Words that rhyme with commencement
Ment, ment, Parliament, Sacrament, Testament, additament, agrament, aldeament, ament, amerciament, antepredicament, antiparliament, appropriament, arbitrament, armament, atrament, attemperament, capillament, colament, colliquament, crassament, decorament, delineament, delirament, deparliament, disarmament, ferrament, filament, firmament, forepredicament, fundament, hereditament, intemperament, interparliament, interpretament, irritament, jurament, lament, lavament, libament, ligament, lineament, loculament, machinament, mandament, medicament, microfilament, monofilament, multifilament, myofilament