Hyphenation of commences

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word commences ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

com-mences

Definitions of commences :

1.	Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action We began working at dawn Who will start? Get working as soon as the sun rises! The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia He began early in the day Let's get down to work now
2.	Set in motion, cause to start The U.S. started a war in the Middle East The Iraqis began hostilities Begin a new chapter in your life
3.	Get off the ground Who started this company? We embarked on an exciting enterprise I start my day with a good breakfast We began the new semester The afternoon session begins at 4 PM The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.