Tra từ commence - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

verb

1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action (Freq. 8)
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
• Syn:
get down, begin, get, start out, start,
set about, set out
• Ant:
end (for: begin)
• Derivationally related forms:
commencement, start (for: start), starter (for: start), beginner (for: begin), beginning (for: begin)
• Hyponyms:
recommence, strike out, fall, jump off, get to,
auspicate, attack, break in, plunge, launch, come on,
embark, enter, get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving,
get weaving, get started, get rolling
• Verb Group:
begin
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- They commence moving
2. set in motion, cause to start (Freq. 6)
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
• Syn:
begin, lead off, start
• Ant:
end (for: begin)
• Derivationally related forms:
commencement, start (for: start), beginner (for: begin), beginning (for: begin)
• Hyponyms:
jumpstart, jump-start, recommence, inaugurate, usher in,
introduce, set off, start, start up, embark on
• Verb Group:
begin
• Cause:
begin, start
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. get off the ground (Freq. 3)
- Who started this company?
- We embarked on an exciting enterprise
- I start my day with a good breakfast
- We began the new semester
- The afternoon session begins at 4 PM
- The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack
• Syn:
start, start up, embark on
• Derivationally related forms:
commencement, startup (for: start up), start (for: start)
• Hypernyms:
begin, lead off, start
• Hyponyms:
inaugurate, kick off, open
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something