commencement
Syllables: com·mence·ment/kəˈmɛnsmənt/
commencement noun: the first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
Noun
commencement (countable and uncountable, plural commencements)
- The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
- The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.
- Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.1800, William Took, View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second
- The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
- A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.
commencement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
commencement in Hindi
- an act of commencing or beginning
- प्रारंभ prārambh, आरंभ ārambh
commencement in Tamil
- தொடக்கம்
commencement in Urdu
- commencement
- آرمبھ ārambh, شروع śurū', آغاز āġāz, پرستاو prastāv
commencement in Bengali
- commencement, inception, beginning, start; origin, birth; introduction; prologue
- আরম্ভ arombho
More languagesFewer languages
- commencement in Telugu
- అంకురార్పణము aṅkurārpaṇamu, అంకురారోహణము aṅkurārōhaṇamu, పూర్వరంగము pūrvaraṅgamu, ప్రారంభము prārambhamu
- commencement in Malayalam
- തുടക്കം, ആരംഭം, ഉപക്രമം, ആമുഖം
- commencement in Kannada
- ಆರಂಭ
- commencement in Sanskrit
- आद āda, आरम्भ ārambha
- commencement in Pashto
- شروع šoro, پيل pail
- commencement in Arabic
- فاتِحَة fātiḥa
- commencement in Malay
- pembukaan, permulaan, konvokesyen, hari konvo
- commencement in Indonesian
- wisuda
- commencement in Vietnamese
- bắt đầu, lễ tốt nghiệp, lễ ra trường
Examples of commencement in a sentence
- She was chosen to deliver the salutatory at the commencement ceremony.
- A’s commencement of the proceeding against B constitutes a contempt of court.
- Koo made the remarks at a commencement ceremony for the charity drive, where the foundation lit a 17-meter Christmas tree.
Synonyms of commencement
Forms of commencement
| plural | commencements |
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Origin of commencement
From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment.
Words formed from commencement
Questions about commencement
- What does commencement mean?
- Commencement means the first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
- What is commencement in Hindi?
- Commencement in Hindi is प्रारंभ (prārambh), आरंभ (ārambh). See Commencement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is commencement?
- Commencement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce commencement?
- Commencement is pronounced /kəˈmɛnsmənt/.
- What is the plural of commencement?
- The plural of commencement is commencements.
Words near commencement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commencement (page history and authors); commencement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آرمبھ (Urdu) (page history and authors); আরম্ভ (Bengali) (page history and authors); అంకురారోహణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); commencement (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commencement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); شروع (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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