recommence en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle French recommencer, from Old French recommencier, equivalent to re- + commence.
Meanings
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To begin again.
[...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.
2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 40:The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recommenced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recommenced | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recommences | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recommencing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
restart · reboot · rebegin · reinitiate
Translations (9)
gl recomezar (to begin again) · pl wznowić (to begin again) · es recomenzar (to begin again) · pl wznawiać (to begin again) · la repetō (to begin again) · fr recommencer (to begin again) · eo rekomenci (to begin again) · bg започвам отново (to begin again) · it ricominciare (to begin again)