commencementn.

/kəˈmɛnsmənt/

Forms: Also Middle English com-.

Etymology: < Old French co(m)mencement (= Provençal comensamens , Catalan comensament , Italian cominciamento ); apparently of Romanic age, < comenzar to commence v.: see -ment suffix. Compare also the shortened Middle English comsemente.

1. The action or process of commencing; beginning; time of beginning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun]

ordeOE

thresholdeOE

frumthc950

anginOE

frumeOE

worthOE

beginninga1225

springc1225

commencementc1250

ginninga1300

comsingc1325

entryc1330

aginning1340

alphac1384

incomea1400

formec1400

ingressc1420

birtha1425

principlea1449

comsementa1450

resultancec1450

inition1463

inceptiona1483

entering1526

originala1529

inchoation1530

opening1531

starting1541

principium1550

entrance1553

onset1561

rise1589

begin1590

ingate1591

overture1595

budding1601

initiationa1607

starting off1616

dawninga1631

dawn1633

impriminga1639

start1644

fall1647

initial1656

outset1664

outsettinga1698

going off1714

offsetting1782

offset1791

commence1794

aurora1806

incipiency1817

set-out1821

set-in1826

throw-off1828

go-off1830

outstart1844

start1857

incipience1864

oncome1865

kick-off1875

off-go1886

off1896

get-go1960

lift-off1967

c1250 Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 30 Þis was þe commencement of þo miracles of ure louerde.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 219 And be-gonne freshly vpon hem as it hadde be at the comencement.

1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxiii. 58 If his Ho. contynued his good mynd towards the finishing and perfiting of that college, as his Ho. hath to the beginning and commencement.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 180 The origin and comencement of his greefe.

1742 S. Johnson in J. Swan tr. T. Sydenham Entire Wks. p.v He was witheld from the university by the commencement of the war.

1798 Mission. Mag. No. 22. 156 Eager to emulate and exceed our commencements.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. v. 251 At the commencement of winter.

1885 Law Times Rep. 52 618/1 At the time of such commencement to build.

a. The action of taking the full degree of Master or Doctor; esp. at Cambridge, Dublin, and the American universities, the great ceremony when these (also, in some cases other degrees, esp. in U.S., that of Bachelor) are conferred, at the end of the academical year.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun]

commencementa1387

proceeding1479

act1587

commencing1588

graduationa1639

manumissiona1662

determination1665

determining1675

inceptionc1680

bachelorizinga1739

post-graduation1920

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 259 By a statute of the universite of Oxenford..he schal not spende at his comencement passynge þre þowsand of grootes turonens.

1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. iii. i. 75 In Oxford this solemnitie is called an Act, but in Cambridge they vse the French word Commensement.

1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 74 Shewe mee the Vniuersities hand and seale that thou art a Doctour sealed and deliuered in the presence of a whole Commensement.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2496/2 (Cambridge) An extraordinary Commencement being held on this signal Occasion, for conferring Degrees on persons of Worth in all Faculties.

1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 131 There is a general Commencement once every Year in all the Faculties of Learning, which is called the Act at Oxford, and the Commencement at Cambridge.

1858 D. Masson Life Milton I. 163 Three days before the close of the academic year..there was held at Cambridge the great public ceremony of the ‘Commencement’.

1890 Academy 5 July 12/2 Dublin University..The recipients of honorary degrees at the commencement are, etc.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 232/1 The princes of Almany..assembled a commencement, where they did consult, and so conclude, to elect an other Emperour.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 182 (R.) Being honourably brought into the Forum, the day of his first plea and commencement.

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. i. 4 in Church-hist. Brit. Now it is become a great faire, and (as I may term it) one of the Townsmens Commencements, wherein they take their degrees of wealth.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (sense 2), as commencement day, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > special day or week

Le day1574

commencement day1606

Show Sunday1825

class day1833

presentation day1843

June Week1889

spirit week1923

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 154 Also upon his commensement day, when he was to put on his virile gown.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvi. 372 Doe assemble themselves at the Common Schoole or Commencement-house.

1661 K. W. Confused Characters 95 Fit for nothing else but to be made the fool at a commencement Vacation.

1690 London Gaz. No. 2566/4 Tuesday the first of July, is the Commencement-Day at Cambridge this year.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iv. 107 ‘Commencement day’..reminds me of the start for the ‘Derby’.

1887 J. E. Cabot Mem. Emerson 64 Emerson's friend..was present at the Commencement Exercises when the class graduated in 1821.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	commencement
释义	commencementn. /kəˈmɛnsmənt/ Forms: Also Middle English com-. Etymology: < Old French co(m)mencement (= Provençal comensamens , Catalan comensament , Italian cominciamento ); apparently of Romanic age, < comenzar to commence v.: see -ment suffix. Compare also the shortened Middle English comsemente. 1. The action or process of commencing; beginning; time of beginning. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] ordeOE thresholdeOE frumthc950 anginOE frumeOE worthOE beginninga1225 springc1225 springc1225 commencementc1250 ginninga1300 comsingc1325 entryc1330 aginning1340 alphac1384 incomea1400 formec1400 ingressc1420 birtha1425 principlea1449 comsementa1450 resultancec1450 inition1463 inceptiona1483 entering1526 originala1529 inchoation1530 opening1531 starting1541 principium1550 entrance1553 onset1561 rise1589 begin1590 ingate1591 overture1595 budding1601 initiationa1607 starting off1616 dawninga1631 dawn1633 impriminga1639 start1644 fall1647 initial1656 outset1664 outsettinga1698 going off1714 offsetting1782 offset1791 commence1794 aurora1806 incipiency1817 set-out1821 set-in1826 throw-off1828 go-off1830 outstart1844 start1857 incipience1864 oncome1865 kick-off1875 off-go1886 off1896 get-go1960 lift-off1967 c1250 Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 30 Þis was þe commencement of þo miracles of ure louerde. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 219 And be-gonne freshly vpon hem as it hadde be at the comencement. 1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxiii. 58 If his Ho. contynued his good mynd towards the finishing and perfiting of that college, as his Ho. hath to the beginning and commencement. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 180 The origin and comencement of his greefe. View more context for this quotation 1742 S. Johnson in J. Swan tr. T. Sydenham Entire Wks. p.v He was witheld from the university by the commencement of the war. 1798 Mission. Mag. No. 22. 156 Eager to emulate and exceed our commencements. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. v. 251 At the commencement of winter. 1885 Law Times Rep. 52 618/1 At the time of such commencement to build. 2. a. The action of taking the full degree of Master or Doctor; esp. at Cambridge, Dublin, and the American universities, the great ceremony when these (also, in some cases other degrees, esp. in U.S., that of Bachelor) are conferred, at the end of the academical year. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] commencementa1387 proceeding1479 act1587 commencing1588 graduationa1639 manumissiona1662 determination1665 determining1675 inceptionc1680 bachelorizinga1739 post-graduation1920 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 259 By a statute of the universite of Oxenford..he schal not spende at his comencement passynge þre þowsand of grootes turonens. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. iii. i. 75 In Oxford this solemnitie is called an Act, but in Cambridge they vse the French word Commensement. 1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 74 Shewe mee the Vniuersities hand and seale that thou art a Doctour sealed and deliuered in the presence of a whole Commensement. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2496/2 (Cambridge) An extraordinary Commencement being held on this signal Occasion, for conferring Degrees on persons of Worth in all Faculties. 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 131 There is a general Commencement once every Year in all the Faculties of Learning, which is called the Act at Oxford, and the Commencement at Cambridge. 1858 D. Masson Life Milton I. 163 Three days before the close of the academic year..there was held at Cambridge the great public ceremony of the ‘Commencement’. 1890 Academy 5 July 12/2 Dublin University..The recipients of honorary degrees at the commencement are, etc. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 232/1 The princes of Almany..assembled a commencement, where they did consult, and so conclude, to elect an other Emperour. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 182 (R.) Being honourably brought into the Forum, the day of his first plea and commencement. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. i. 4 in Church-hist. Brit. Now it is become a great faire, and (as I may term it) one of the Townsmens Commencements, wherein they take their degrees of wealth. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (sense 2), as commencement day, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > special day or week Le day1574 commencement day1606 Show Sunday1825 class day1833 presentation day1843 June Week1889 spirit week1923 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 154 Also upon his commensement day, when he was to put on his virile gown. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvi. 372 Doe assemble themselves at the Common Schoole or Commencement-house. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 95 Fit for nothing else but to be made the fool at a commencement Vacation. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2566/4 Tuesday the first of July, is the Commencement-Day at Cambridge this year. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iv. 107 ‘Commencement day’..reminds me of the start for the ‘Derby’. 1887 J. E. Cabot Mem. Emerson 64 Emerson's friend..was present at the Commencement Exercises when the class graduated in 1821. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1250
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