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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
First, Illinois must consolidate death care regulation under a single central state agency or independent commission, as is the case in other states. — Susana Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 The artist chosen for the commission is Nawin Nuthong, whose work borrows elements from interactive gaming. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
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Rich human research no longer has to answer only the questions it was originally commissioned to explore. — Abigail Stuart, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Alpharetta tested the waters with a $150,000 study commissioned last year. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Sep. 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
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  • State subsidies and mandates from Beijing have also encouraged excess production and cutthroat price wars, forcing them to turn to export markets and resulting in nearly a third of Chinese industrial firms operating at a loss.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The guidelines often provide recommendations to districts rather than mandates.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of mandate
Noun
  • And post-race Hamilton again noted how Ferrari’s teamwork execution wasn’t handled well — on Saturday or Sunday.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Reducing those delays could allow more accelerators to function as one execution environment.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of execution
Noun
  • That means the days when every NFL team had a representative intimately tied to that team on the selection committee are over.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Raman spent three years in charge of the council’s housing and homelessness committee.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of committee
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  • What to watch The official Spring/Summer 2027 calendar features 63 runway shows, seven presentations, 43 by-appointment or extended presentations, six digital shows and eight New York Menswear Day shows, for a total of 126 activations.
    — Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Mandia was awarded 4,086 shares of common stock as part of his appointment, which will vest in three equal annual installments beginning November 15, 2027, the filing states.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of appointment
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  • Judge Joseph Weiner was transferred from the West Los Angeles Immigration Court and Judge Bayleigh Pettigrew was appointed in May as part of the largest class in the agency’s history.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Five of the court’s seven judges were appointed by Republican governors.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • In testing, the team from China reduced heat damage by over 99 percent, preventing structural defects and enabling flawless, highly precise micro-components for extreme environments like aerospace engines and nuclear reactors.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Both Russia and Ukraine agreed to hold off on aerial attacks on each other’s capitals to enable the visits over the weekend, bringing a brief respite in the cities, though no broader ceasefire is in place.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Now, the former high school quarterback turned cornerback has been tasked with aiding Seattle’s defense in several ways.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • An internal affairs file reviewed by The Times revealed more details about inappropriate comments allegedly made by officers within the unit tasked with vetting LAPD recruits.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • He was nominated to the Supreme Court, 11 months before the next election, in the final year of President Obama’s term.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Bad Bunny, nominated under his birth name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, gets an Emmy as a producer-performer.
    — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
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