Translation
beginning, start
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Word origin
From commencer ('to begin') with the suffix -ment.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- commencer
Grammar
Examples
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At the beginning of the film you do not understand much.
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It is all just a beginning, my grandfather used to say.
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The start of the works is scheduled for March.
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There were difficulties right from the start.
Verbe, .
In the beginning was the Word, says the Bible.
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commencement: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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