commencement
nounEtymology
From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment.
- borrowed from commencement
Definitions
The first existence of anything
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.
- Commencement of a two-hourly service pattern by GWR marked the return of regular services to Okehampton for the first time since their withdrawal in 1972. There are plans to extend this to hourly.
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…
A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.
The neighborhood
- neighborcommence
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at commencement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at commencement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at commencement
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA