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performed them.
commence v. 1 begin, enter upon, start, initiate, launch, embark on or
upon: Tomorrow morning, we commence the ascent of Mont Blanc.
2 begin, start, open: The ceremonies are about to commence. 3
begin, start, initiate, launch, inaugurate, establish: We
commenced operations at this plant last year.
comment n. 1 remark, reference, animadversion, note, annotation,
criticism, exposition, explanation, expansion, elucidation,
clarification, footnote: The author's comments on his sources
appear in the appendix. 2 commentary, opinion, remark, view,
observation, reaction: The judge's comments are not for
publication.
--v. 3 remark, observe, opine, say: He commented that he knew
nothing about the minister's private life. 4 comment on or
about. discuss, talk about, remark on; reveal, expose: She
declined to comment on what had happened the previous night.
commerce n. trade, business, mercantilism, marketing, merchandising,
traffic, trafficking: All commerce consists in the exchange of
commodities of equal value. My husband is in commerce.
commit v. 1 entrust, consign, transfer, assign, delegate, hand over,
deliver, give; allot, pledge, allocate: They committed the
goods to traders with strong distribution facilities. 2
sentence, send (away), confine, shut up, intern, put away,
imprison, incarcerate: The judge committed her to prison. You
can be committed for such behaviour. 3 perpetrate, do, perform,
carry out: They committed murder for money. 4 commit oneself.
pledge, promise, covenant, agree, assure, swear, give one's
word, vow, vouchsafe, engage, undertake, guarantee, bind
oneself: He committed himself to buying the company after
seeing the books.
committee n. council, board, cabinet, panel, body, commission: They have
set up a committee to oversee park planning.
common adj. 1 ordinary, everyday, commonplace, prosaic, usual,
familiar, customary, prevalent, frequent, run-of-the-mill,
general, normal, standard, conventional, regular, routine,
stock, average, proverbial; plain, simple, garden-variety,