2007-01-17 21:10:09 · 24 answers · asked by paul c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
commenced = began
2007-01-17 21:11:53 · answer #1 · answered by hartless63 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a legal term meaning started as in the early stages of starting,
I started my car, means I turned the key and the engine started, ( takes 30 secs).
I commenced my Car means I selected the area of land I was to plant the tree on which would provide the wood to produce the charcoal to produce the steel with which to make my car (takes 50 years).
Start means in real time, Commence the same thing but with extended timescales.
2007-01-17 21:28:57 · answer #2 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Started
2007-01-17 21:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by cwiltshire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Started.
2007-01-17 21:12:08 · answer #4 · answered by bashnick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
began/started.... as in 'The meeting commenced at one o clock' commenced can be replaced with either of the two!
2007-01-17 21:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by Sinead G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means started / begun,
"Work has now commenced on the removal of the fallen tree".
Have you heard of dictionaries?
2007-01-17 21:22:29 · answer #6 · answered by m_wilmott 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to commence is to start or begin, so commenced is simply the past tense of commence.
the meeting commenced eleven o'clock
2007-01-17 21:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by HP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
commence has it's origin in the latin commutis, which in laymans term means advance or begin too advance, it was used as an order by the roman army, have we been of any help?
2007-01-17 21:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by dave the rave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to start,began or resume as the case may be.
For example, ''Lecture has commenced(started,resumed,began)fully''
2007-01-21 21:10:10 · answer #9 · answered by gentlesam77_4real 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Started or began
2007-01-17 21:12:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋