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
Murugan	-	Hinduism, Tamil
Christoph	KRIS-tawf	German
Mahalah	-	Biblical
Tsukiko	tsoo-kee-ko	Japanese
Yochanan	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Shiv	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi