Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, intransitive)To carry on trade; to traffic.

  2. (archaic, intransitive)To hold conversation; to communicate.

Examples

31 sentences

  1. English is useful in commerce.

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  2. Legal changes threaten online sales in digital commerce.

    Правові зміни загрожують інтернет-продажам в цифровій торгівлі. — ChickenKiev

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  3. Electronic commerce began to spread rapidly.

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  4. He made his fortune from commerce.

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  5. I'd like to understand how commerce works.

    deIch möchte verstehen, wie Handel funktioniert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.

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Forms

commerces, commercing, commerced, commerced
Base formcommerce · to commerce
3rd person singularcommerces
Present participlecommercing
Past simplecommerced
Past participlecommerced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycommerce
he, she, itcommerces

Past simpleLesson

all personscommerced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave commerced
he, she, ithas commerced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill commerce

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
commentB1commentarycommentatorcommercialB2commercializecommerciallyC1
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