commission 1 of 2

noun

kə-ˈmi-shən How to pronounce commission (audio)
Definition of commissionnext
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as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties President Jefferson's commission to Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory

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as in execution
the doing of an action a single burglar was responsible for the commission of all the break-ins

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as in committee
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter reported to a UN commission on the AIDS crisis

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as in appointment
the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty her commission as head of the investigation

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commission

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verb

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as in to appoint
to appoint as one's representative plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter

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as in to enable
to give official or legal power to was commissioned lieutenant

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as in to task
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to was commissioned to do the biography

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as in to nominate
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs

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Recent Examples of commission
Noun
The largest California state worker union, SEIU Local 1000, represents nine of those units and includes employees of about 140 total state departments, boards, commissions and other bodies. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Still, the competition among jewelers is becoming more intense, not only for sports team’s commissions but also to design ever flashier pieces with intricate details. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
Zen also plans to add a marketplace where users can commission artwork from freelance artists. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 But that initial redo, commissioned by the BBC, also started by shaking up the approach. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commission
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commission
  1. mandate
  2. execution
  3. committee
  4. appointment
  5. appoint
  6. enable
  7. task
  8. nominate
Noun
  • This, despite Lin meeting his mandates to curb spending and make movies that resonated with subscribers.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In other words, as our report notes, government mandates to seek truth are often driven by ideological belief systems, particularly on political issues.
    — Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of mandate
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  • Checking plans before execution The team also developed a defense system called PROTEA, designed to identify unsafe actions before a robot carries them out.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Access limits, independent authorization, audit trails and mechanisms to stop execution should reflect the consequences of misuse or error.
    — Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of execution
Noun
  • The provincial government said a committee had been formed to investigate the cause of the roof collapse of the three-story building.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Mejia’s subpoena, issued under his City Charter authority, came two and a half weeks after officials at LA28, the Olympic organizing committee, rejected his previous request to disclose the information.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of committee
Noun
  • Stubbs’s appointment fills one of two open seats on the Trust.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Document frequency, track triggers like screens and HVAC exposure and bring that record to your appointment.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of appointment
Verb
  • Santoyo, 72, was appointed by the state to the board of managers in 2016.
    — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • These decisions were informed by the Council on Ethics, an independent body appointed by Norway's Ministry of Finance.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • That flexibility, whether enabled by SSTs or other controls, could lower costs and speed up grid connections.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Chain bookselling, which enabled the unification of the reading market, was one of the first heralds of a globalizing age.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of enable
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  • Her only son was at her bedside alone, tasked with the decision to donate her organs.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • To addressed these limitations, Anthropic tasked an internal Claude research model with designing minibinders, small proteins engineered to attach to specific targets.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of task
Verb
  • His films have gone to Cannes multiple times, and he has been nominated for an International Emmy.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For Boyd, being nominated is an opportunity to join some of the biggest names in South Florida high school football.
    — CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
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