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Meanings of commencement in English

Portuguese
começo
Catalan
iniciació
Spanish
iniciación

The time at which something is supposed to begin.

começo
Portuguese
formatura
Catalan
cerimònia de graduació
Spanish
acto de graduación

An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred.

formatura
Usage of commencement in English
1
Since the commencement of the debate eighteen members had addressed the House.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 / A Maga...
2
The debate eventually began about 20 minutes after the scheduled commencement time.
The Irish Times
3
M. Thiers arrives at the commencement of the second; which makes 34.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
4
The first took place before his commencement address at Arizona State University.
Ebony
5
It was now three weeks since the commencement of this unaccountable state.
In a glass darkly
6
At the commencement of this year my affairs came to a crisis.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
7
This was the commencement of the first revival of religion in Bitlis.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners F...
8
The commencement of the reign of Alexander was hailed with general joy.
The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present T...
9
After an ineffectual resistance he fell in the commencement of the action.
The History of the Thirty Years' War
10
His own opinion is in favour of the commencement by the yeast-cells.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 / Volume 17, New Series, F...
11
At its commencement the British were in force all over the State.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ...
12
This appeared to be the commencement of the dispersion of the phenomenon.
Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Ben...
13
This was about the period of the commencement of the French revolution.
Memoirs of General Lafayette / With an Account of His Visit to A...
14
The tonic is not relieved till the commencement of the working-out section.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
15
At the commencement of the second year the president sent for him.
From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame...
16
The signal will be three dots for the commencement of the blows.
The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad / Its Projecto...
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Translations for commencement
Commencement through the time
Commencement across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common