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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MortyMAWR-teeEnglish
JuniorJOON-yərEnglish
Calanthekə-LAN-theeEnglish (Rare)
Yenifer-Spanish (Latin American)
HopkinHAHP-kinMedieval English
Merob-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek