Commence vs Steer - What's the difference?
commence | steer |
To begin, start.
* (William Shakespeare)
* (Oliver Goldsmith)
* , chapter=4
, title= To begin to be, or to act as.
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
(UK, intransitive, dated) To take a degree at a university.
* Fuller
The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
* 1913 , (Willa Cather),
(informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
* Tennyson
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
* Milton
To direct a group of animals.
To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
To direct a conversation.
To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
As verbs the difference between commence and steer
is that commence is while steer is to castrate (a male calf) or steer can be to guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).As a noun steer is
the castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production or steer can be (informal) a suggestion about a course of action or steer can be (obsolete) a helmsman; a pilot.commence
English
Verb
(commenc)- Here the anthem doth commence .
- His heaven commences ere the world be past.
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- We commence judges ourselves.
- I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age.
Antonyms
* cease * stopsteer
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
Synonyms
* oxHypernyms
* cattleCoordinate terms
* bull, calf, cowEtymology 2
From (etyl) stieran.Noun
(en noun)- I tried to give you the steer , but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you.'' (Mark Hellinger, 1939, ''The Roaring Twenties )
Verb
(en verb)- When planning the boat trip we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer .
- No helmsman steers .
- I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
- I steered my steps homeward.
- The boat steers easily.
- Where the wind / Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers , and shifts her sail.
- Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.