Synonyme: begin, start, be started, set in, kick off
Konjugation
| Indikativ |
|---|
| Präsens | Präterium |
|---|
| (I) commence | (I) commenced |
| (thou) commencest | (thou) commencedst |
| (he) commences, commenceth | (he) commenced |
| (we) commence | (we) commenced |
| (you) commence | (you) commenced |
| (they) commence | (they) commenced |
| Konjunktiv |
|---|
| Präsens | Präterium |
|---|
| (I) commence | (I) commenced |
| (thou) commence | (thou) commenced |
| (he) commence | (he) commenced |
| (we) commence | (we) commenced |
| (you) commence | (you) commenced |
| (they) commence | (they) commenced |
| Imperativ |
|---|
| commence |
| Partizipien |
|---|
| Präsenspartizip | Perfektpartizip |
|---|
| commencing | commenced |
He was intending to fly home just hours after the hostilities had commenced, but with the airports closed, he instead flew to Warsaw in Poland and drove almost 500 miles back home and over the border to Kyiv.