- Types Of Speech
- You can use commencement as a noun in a sentence.
- About Commencement
- A 4 syllables noun and 12 letters with the letters c, e, m, n, o, and t, 8 consonants, 4 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters nc. Commencement starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, com, comm, comme, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, ment, ement, . Commencement is also a double consonant (mm) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Pig Latin
- Commencement in Pig Latin is said as "ommencementcay or ommencementcway".
- Unigram
- c | o | m | m | e | n | c | e | m | e | n | t
- Bigram
- co | om | mm | me | en | nc | ce | em | me | en | nt
- Trigram
- com | omm | mme | men | enc | nce | cem | eme | men | ent
- Quadrigram
- comm | omme | mmen | menc | ence | ncem | ceme | emen | ment
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of starting something;
"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" - an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
- the time at which something is supposed to begin;
"they got an early start";
"she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| A | the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet |
| Abecedarian | a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge |
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Abo | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| Aboriginal | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| Aborigine | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Activate | make active or more active "activate an old file" |
| Adopt | take into one''s family "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
View all cognitive synonyms for Commencement
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Finish | the act of finishing "his best finish in a major tournament was third" "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause" |
| Finishing | the act of finishing "his best finish in a major tournament was third" "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause" |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Commencement | the act of starting something "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
View English words with the unique letters used in commencement. Words With The Letters Cemnot
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Begin | Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) |
| Commence | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action "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" |
| Embark On | |
| Get | make children "Abraham begot Isaac" "Men often father children but don''t recognize them" |
| Get Down | |
| Initiate | people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity "it is very familiar to the initiate" |
| Lead Off | |
| Originate | bring into being "He initiated a new program" "Start a foundation" |
| Set About | |
| Set Out |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Change Of State |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activation | making active and effective (as a bomb) |
| Attack | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
| Constitution | the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" |
| Creation | (theology) God''s act of bringing the universe into existence |
| Debut | the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" |
| Entry | the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" |
| Establishment | the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" |
| Face Off | |
| First Appearance | |
| First Step |
View All Hyponyms For Commencement
Commencement Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With T
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