commenced
kuh-MENST/kəˈmɛnst/
- 1Simple past and past participle of commence.
The trial commenced on a cold Monday morning.
Once the contracts were signed, construction commenced without delay.
Note
One spelling does double duty: it is the simple past (the meeting commenced) and the participle after have or in the passive (work had commenced; the project was commenced). Because commence is both intransitive and transitive, the participle can describe either what began or what someone began. Older British usage adds a surprise: a student who commenced had taken a university degree, a sense now dated.
commenced is a form of commence
commence, verb: To begin or get started. Full entry
- Forms
- commencecommences he/she/itcommencing -ing formcommenced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- commence → commenced: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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