(intransitive) To begin, start. / (transitive) To begin to be, or to act as. / (UK, intransitive, dated) To take a degree at a university.

A spoken or written remark. / (uncountable) The act of commenting. / (linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

(transitive) To remark. / (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes. / (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. / That which is the ground of approbation or praise. / A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.

Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. / (physics) Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position

To reduce to a common measure. / To proportionate; to adjust.

One who commences.

(transitive) To congratulate or reward. / (transitive) To praise or acclaim. / (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

(obsolete) Commendation; praise. / (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.

(programming, transitive) To disable a section of source code by converting it into a comment.