commence with

commence with someone or something

to start a procedure affecting a number of people or things by choosing a particular person or thing first. Each meeting commences with a reading of the minutes of the last meeting. The doctor interviews with Lynn and took everyone else in the order in which they had arrived.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anakletos	-	Ancient Greek
Royce	[rɔis]
Trefor	-	Welsh
Tandy	['tændi]
Serafim	-	Russian, Romanian, Macedonian
Rooney	['ru:ni]