commence with

commence with someone or something

to start a procedure affecting a number of people or things by choosing a particular person or thing first. Each meeting commences with a reading of the minutes of the last meeting. The doctor interviews with Lynn and took everyone else in the order in which they had arrived.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Niven	-	Scottish
Tercero	ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
DezsŐ	-	Hungarian
Dorita	-	English (Rare), Spanish
Chrissy	KRIS-ee	English
Jaap	YAH:P	Dutch