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# recommence

verb (recommence, recommences, recommenced, recommencing)

«recommence» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To begin again after a stop or break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#m1)
2. To start doing something again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, people usually say "start again" or "resume"; "recommence" is used in formal notices, the news and exam papers: "Lessons will recommence after the holiday." In stories it sounds stiff and official. Phrases: work recommenced, recommence play, recommence lessons.

### Examples

- Lessons will recommence on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#x1)
- After the rain stopped, the match recommenced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#x2)
- The builders recommenced work on the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#x3)
- The music stopped, then recommenced a minute later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#x4)
- Please recommence your test when the bell rings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#x5)
- Trains will recommence running at six o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#x6)
- Then the hall was cleansed and the banquet recommenced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/#x7)

### Note

Formal: in normal speech say "start again". Spelling: re + commence, double m. Past form: recommenced. Do not confuse with "recommend" (say something is good).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recommence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recommence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recommence.html) on Mova free.