commenced
Set in motion
Commenced is the past tense of commence, a formal word for begin or start.
It appears often in legal, ceremonial, or official contexts: The trial commenced at nine o'clock, Bombing commenced at dawn.
In everyday speech, started or began sounds more natural.
Put into action
- beganInitiated an action
- initiatedStarted or inducted
- embarkedBegan a journey
- undertookBegan or assumed responsibility
opened · entered · proceeded · launched · activated · triggered · introduced · debuted
Starting point of something
- outsetInitial point of something
- inceptionFounding moment
- genesisPoint of creation
- dawnDay's first glow
threshold · advent · birth · emergence · origin · opening · prologue · infancy
Formally begun or installed
- institutedFormally established or begun
- ordainedOfficially appointed to ministry
- decreedFormally ordered by authority
- enactedMade into law
proclaimed · ratified · chartered · officiated · dedicated · consecrated · solemnized · invested
started
Put into action
undertook · opened · entered · proceeded · launched · activated · triggered · introduced · debuted · inaugurated
onset
Starting point of something
dawn · threshold · advent · birth · emergence · origin · opening · prologue · infancy
inaugurated
Formally begun or installed
- institutedFormally established or begun
- ordainedOfficially appointed to ministry
- decreedFormally ordered by authority
enacted · proclaimed · ratified · chartered · officiated · dedicated · consecrated · solemnized · invested · commissioned
- launcheslaunch, launched, rocket launch, blast off, satellite launch
- took actionacted, took charge, took control, took command, initiated
- commencement speechOration at graduation ceremonies
- commencement speakerOne addressing graduates
- commencement addressFormal graduation ceremony speech
- commencement speechesOrations at degree ceremonies
- commencement ceremonyFormal degree-conferring event
- commencement addressesSpeeches at graduation ceremonies
commence, commencement, commencing, recommence, commences, recommenced, recommencing, recommences, commencements