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
Su-Jin	soo-jeen	Korean
Rachelle	RAY-chəl, rə-SHEL	English
Rut	ROOT (Spanish)	Spanish, Icelandic, Swedish, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Georgiana	jor-JYAH-nə, jor-JAY-nə	English
Adalheidis	-	Ancient Germanic
Jude (2)	JOOD	English