Definition of commencement

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Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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Salutatorian :: Salutatorian (n.) The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship..
Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..
Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity..
Opening :: Opening (n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech..
Accidental :: Accidental (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note..
Paragenic :: Paragenic (a.) Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc..
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..
Childhood :: Childhood (n.) The commencement; the first period.
Induction :: Induction (n.) The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.
Original :: Original (n.) Origin; commencement; source.
Incipiency :: Incipiency (n.) Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
Principle :: Principle (n.) Beginning; commencement.
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business..
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
Birthday :: Birthday (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..
From :: From (prep.) Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of
Accession :: Accession (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm..
Inception :: Inception (n.) Beginning; commencement; initiation.
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