commission 1 of 2

noun

kə-ˈmi-shən How to pronounce commission (audio)
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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
That proposal never got off the ground, the planning commission noted Tuesday night. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 The commission isn’t bound by the advisory task force’s recommendations. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
The show was commissioned by Angela Jain, head of content, Disney+ EMEA, alongside Mason. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 The series was commissioned by Lee Mason, VP of scripted at Disney+ EMEA. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 26 Aug. 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
  • At Belmont Charter Elementary and Middle School in Philadelphia, Principal Aquila Waller says her school didn't wait for the state mandate.
    — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Fillette faced a fight when the council began considering a mandate.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • At night, Axira leads a secret operation, smuggling the ruler’s Heartfillers — until one mistake results in her execution date, per the book’s synopsis.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the jury recommending life without parole, the judge went against their wishes and imposed a state execution.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of execution
Noun
  • Welch did not remove Benton from his committee assignments and other caucus duties until February.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the sea change underway in how the Fed interacts with the public, Hammack said there are relatively few signs of it behind closed doors in the daily workings of the committee.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of committee
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  • The announcement followed Tilbury’s 2022 appointment as the trust’s ambassador for enterprise and coincided with its 50th anniversary gala, held in New York.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • He was then succeeded by Jorg Schmadtke a year later, who was employed on a short-term basis ahead of Richard Hughes’s appointment in 2024.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of appointment
Verb
  • Licata and Fort Worth ISD’s Board of Managers implemented the Elevate model for the district’s most struggling campuses shortly after they were appointed to their jobs by the Texas Education Agency as part of its takeover of the district.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
  • To respect constitutional separation of powers and separation of executive authority, dedicated inspectors general would be appointed in the commission to investigate specific executive branches and the legislature.
    — Collin Corbett, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Such transformers are physically smaller and lighter than conventional transformers, have modular designs that enable easy upgrades or replacements of parts, and can perform as all-in-one power electronic devices by handling multiple tasks.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The goal is to enable folks to take one of Archer’s Midnight air taxis for a 10- to 20-minute point-to-point trip that, with traffic, could take two hours.
    — Mike Barnes for The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of enable
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  • She was tasked with balancing inflation control against the risk of rate hikes dampening economic recovery.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Markovic is a deputy principal investigator for one of the teams tasked with analyzing the barrage of data (enough to fill up the storage on about 40,000 laptops over Roman’s five-year mission).
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • He was nominated for three Emmys for his lead performance and won a pair of Golden Globes.
    — Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers have been nominated every year since the Obama days.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026
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“Commission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commission. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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