Definition of commencement

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Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

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Beginning :: Beginning (n.) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states..
Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..
Fac :: Fac (n.) A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book..
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..
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..
New-year :: New-year (a.) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes..
Principle :: Principle (n.) Beginning; commencement.
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..
Original :: Original (n.) Origin; commencement; source.
Initial :: Initial (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease..
Inception :: Inception (n.) Beginning; commencement; initiation.
Salutatory :: Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges..
Birthday :: Birthday (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
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..
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
Incipiency :: Incipiency (n.) Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
Recommencement :: Recommencement (n.) A commencement made anew.
Inchoation :: Inchoation (n.) Act of beginning; commencement; inception.
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..
Accession :: Accession (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm..
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