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
Ulderico	-	Italian
UrtĖ	-	Lithuanian
Joonas	YO:-nahs	Finnish
Cirino	chee-REE-no (Italian), thee-REE-no (Spanish), see-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Cezary	tse-ZAH-ri	Polish
Bertram	['bə:trəm]