Meanings
present singular third person recommences · participle present recommencing · participle past recommenced · past recommenced
- To begin again.
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, →OCLC1 more example
[...] 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 40Synonyms: rebegin, reboot, reinitiate, restart
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo begin again.
Origin
- Old Frenchrecommencier
- Middle Frenchrecommencer
- Englishrecommence
From Middle French recommencer, from Old French recommencier, equivalent to re- + commence.
More words from Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian започвам отново
- започвам отново (započvam otnovo)to begin again
Esperanto rekomenci
- rekomencito begin again
French recommencer
- recommencerto begin again
Italian ricominciare
- ricominciareto begin again
Latin repetō
- repetōto begin again
Polish wznowić, wznawiać
- wznowićto begin again
- wznawiaćto begin again
Spanish recomenzar
- recomenzarto begin again
Cite this entry
recommence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recommence
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