to recommence

Examples

• All

• But one week later the marches recommenced.

  Eichmann (2007)

• Houston, drilling has recommenced.

  Armageddon (1998)

• Gentlemen... I think perhaps we should recommence.

  Gandhi (1982)

• New measurements would have to be taken, and the filing would have to recommence.

  Fiction book (1992)

• We're gonna take him in for a landing and recommence the exercise at 0800 hours.

  Project X (1987)

• Saving had recommenced, and there was little light at this hour.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The EU found itself exposed to growing internal and external pressures to recommence its historic mission of integration following the end of the Cold War.

  Academic text (2000)

• Nonetheless, the city rallied, and commerce recommenced.

  Academic text (2008)

• When consultations and negotiations recommenced, they were not hampered by concerns of linkages to other issues.

  Academic text (2005)

• When he was finally repatriated to Germany in the summer of 1946, he immediately recommenced the sculpting studies that had been interrupted by Hitler's war.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

C

to continue

vsto recommence

∞ 1.0

To start again after a pause

focuses on beginning again after a pause rather than uninterrupted continuation

C

to come back

vsto recommence

919 1.3

To return to a previous subject or point

applies more generally to beginning again after interruption rather than only topics

R

to resume

vsto recommence

297 3.1

To start an activity again after a pause

is the same action of beginning again after a pause or interruption

G

to get back to work

vsto recommence

268 1.7

Start doing your job again after a break

is broader and not limited to work or job tasks

R

to renew

vsto recommence

94 3.7

Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity

focuses only on starting again after pause without implying renewal or strength

R

to restart

vsto recommence

85 2.3

Start something again after it stops or is interrupted

is the general term for starting again after a pause

R

to reconvene

vsto recommence

• Formal

25 6.1

To meet again after a break

applies to restarting actions in general rather than assembling a group

C

to carry on with

vsto recommence

19 2.6

Continue doing something after a pause or interruption

describes the act of beginning again after interruption rather than steady persistence

R

to reignite

vsto recommence

15 4.6

To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped

means simply to begin again after a pause without emotional revival

R

to relaunch

vsto recommence

7 3.9

To start something again after it stops or after you change it

is used for ordinary restarts after pauses rather than major reintroduction

R

to reengage

vsto recommence

4 4.0

Begin being involved again after a break

is the general beginning again idea, not focused on involvement level

R

to reinitiate

vsto recommence

1 5.9

To start a process or system again after it stopped

is the wider verb for beginning again, not limited to systems or processes

P

to pick up the thread

vsto recommence

1 4.9

To start an earlier activity or conversation again after an interruption

is broader, applying to any restart after a pause not only talk or thread

R

to return to muttons

vsto recommence

9.9

To go back to the main topic or task after a distraction

covers restarting any activity after a pause, not only topic focus

Antonyms

C

to cease

324 3.6

To stop or come to an end

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology