Definition for Commencement:

• The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

Synonyms for Commencement:

• n.

  •
  • appearance.
  •
  • dedication,
  • launch,
  • induction,
  • ceremonial.
  •act (noun)
  • commencement.
  •beginning (noun)
  • conception,
  • derivation,
  • creation,
  • babyhood,
  • earliness,
  • hatching,
  • infancy,
  • inception,
  • preparation,
  • embryo,
  • cradle,
  • emergence,
  • spring,
  • stem,
  • precursor,
  • birth,
  • sprout.
  •celebration (noun)
  • acclamation,
  • jubilation,
  • exultation,
  • feast,
  • remembrance,
  • festivity,
  • proclamation,
  • ovation,
  • ceremony,
  • praise,
  • carousal,
  • merry-making,
  • jubilee,
  • joy,
  • rejoicing,
  • revelry,
  • holiday,
  • glorification,
  • ritual,
  • commemoration,
  • glee,
  • spree,
  • elation,
  • convocation,
  • observance,
  • salute,
  • honor,
  • memorialization,
  • celebration.
  •ceremony marking the beginning of stage (noun)
  • alpha,
  • graduation,
  • bow,
  • kickoff,
  • services,
  • countdown,
  • tee off,
  • opener,
  • Proem,
  • dawning,
  • curtain-raiser,
  • outset,
  • admission,
  • opening.
  •commencement (noun)
  • commencement exercise,
  • offset,
  • graduation exercise,
  • starting time,
  • commencement ceremony,
  • first.
  •dawn (noun)
  • out starts,
  • un folding,
  • out start,
  • un-folding,
  • outstarts,
  • out-start,
  • out-starts.
  •entrance (noun)
  • immigration,
  • incomings,
  • ingoing,
  • importation,
  • importations.
  •genesis (noun)
  • engenderings.
  •head (noun)
  • forefronts,
  • fores,
  • first place.
  •origin (noun)
  • blast offs,
  • git goes,
  • embarkations.
  •origination (noun)
  • in novation,
  • in-novation,
  • in novations.
  •outbreak (noun)
  • dis order,
  • burstings,
  • out burst,
  • dis-order,
  • out pouring,
  • re volutions,
  • ex-plosion,
  • dis-charges,
  • out break,
  • out-pouring,
  • out-bursts,
  • ex plosion,
  • flareup,
  • dis charge,
  • out-break,
  • out bursts,
  • out-breaks,
  • out breaks,
  • re-volutions,
  • dis orders,
  • up-risings,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis-charge,
  • sunderings,
  • out-burst,
  • re-volution,
  • up rising,
  • up risings,
  • up-rising,
  • ex plosions,
  • dis charges.
  •outset (noun)
  • primordium.
  •prelude (noun)
  • prelusion,
  • preliminary.
  •source (noun)
  • be getter,
  • horse mouth,
  • be getters,
  • horse mouths,
  • in formant,
  • be-getter,
  • in formants,
  • horse's mouths,
  • in-formant,
  • be-getters,
  • in-formants,
  • horses mouths,
  • rising,
  • horses mouth.
  •start (noun)
  • jump-offs,
  • jumpoff,
  • jumpoffs,
  • startoffs,
  • jump offs,
  • start offs,
  • start-offs,
  • running starts,
  • startoff,
  • setting outs.
  •time (noun)
  • showtime,
  • get-go.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • imposition,
  • continuation,
  • jumping-off point,
  • starting point,
  • birthplace,
  • incipience,
  • breeding ground,
  • resumption,
  • resurrection,
  • intro,
  • rite of passage,
  • communicator,
  • solemnity,
  • lead time,
  • arrival,
  • swearing-in,
  • lead-in,
  • pomp,
  • march-past,
  • leadoff,
  • outburst,
  • Exercises,
  • renewal,
  • apprenticeship,
  • institution,
  • incipiency.
  •
  • honeymoon,
  • germ,
  • pow-wow,
  • unveiling,
  • recovery,
  • testimonial,
  • spark,
  • rebirth.
  •
  • prologue,
  • lift off.
  •
  • starter.
  •
  • presentation,
  • flier.
  •
  • installation.
  •
  • review.
  •
  • return,
  • parade.

Paraphrases for Commencement:

• Equivalence

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    start.
  • Adjective
    start.
  • Proper noun, singular
    initiation, start, starts, beginning, beginnings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    initiation, start, beginning.
  • Verb, base form
    start.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    beginning, Commenced.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    opening-up, keynote, Commenced.
  • Proper noun, singular
    states, remarks, members, launches, onset, Commenced.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    outset, inauguration, enactment, opening-up, induction, operationalization, roll-out, departure, advent, opener, rollout, coming-into-force, onset, activation, Commenced, force, construction, commissioning, dawn.
  • Verb, past tense
    Embarked, Enacted, practised, imposed, effected, Became, appropriated, erupted, Instituted, executed, Proceeded, loved, assumed, Exercised, Carried, pursued.
  • Verb, base form
    usher.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    entry-into-force.

Antonyms for Commencement:

• n.

  • act
    finish.
  • ceremony marking the beginning of stage
    completion, ending, cessation, stop, end, conclusion, death.
  • time
    middle.
  • Other antonyms:
    closing, termination, close, windup, omega, closure, finale.

Commencement Sentence Examples:

• At length, at the end of ten years from its commencement, the work was completed.

• This may be said to have been the real commencement of Charlie Brooke's career.

Hypernym for Commencement:

• n.

  • act
    scrummage, organisation, installing, introduction, tone-beginning, recommencement, groundbreaking, initiation, organization, instauration, inauguration, jumping-off point, first appearance, installation, constitution, entry, unveiling, initiative, debut, formation, founding, jump ball, opening, groundbreaking ceremony, opening move, origination, attack, launching, first step, foundation, scrum, innovation, establishment, startup, housing start, instalment, creation, icebreaker, face-off, activation, springboard, resumption, kickoff, institution, installment, point of departure.
  • time
    incipience, terminus a quo, starting point, threshold, birth, incipiency.

Hyponym for Commencement:

• n.

  • act
    change of state.
  • time
    point in time, point.