commencement

[ kuh-mens-muh nt ]

/ kəˈmɛns mənt /

an act or instance of commencing; beginning: the commencement of hostilities.

the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year.

the day on which this ceremony takes place.

Origin of commencement

1225–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French. See commence, -ment

non·com·mence·ment, noun re·com·mence·ment, noun

At any time during such a period of rest, a stimulus of any kind will immediately determine a recommencement of the manœuvre.

Jellyfish, Starfish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems |G. J. Romanes
April, the harvest month, marked the recommencement of ceremonial observances and a revival of social life.

The Andes of Southern Peru |Isaiah Bowman
Society, my Chloe, is a recommencement upon an upper level of the savage system; we must have our sacrifices.

The Short Works of George Meredith |George Meredith
It was like the recommencement of a beautiful dream—like a vanished illusion which had reappeared.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 |Various

These events, which befell in 1869, mark the recommencement of British advance toward the interior.

Impressions of South Africa |James Bryce

commencement

/ (kəˈmɛnsmənt) /

the beginning; start