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
Yasin	-	Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Shalev	-	Hebrew
Gavrail	-	Bulgarian
Moreland	['mɔ:lənd]
Sixtus	-	Late Roman
Democritus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)