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
The commission said Google and Apple unfairly pushed app developers toward their own in-app payment systems while barring payments through external websites. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 The West Hollywood skyline could look different in the coming years after the city's planning commission recommended a project to build a 34-story apartment building at the former Cemex Hollywood Concrete Plant. — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
Both polls, first shared with The Sacramento Bee and commissioned by the Jones campaign, found Jones ahead by at least 10 percentage points as of mid-October. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026 As one of the most influential patrons of art during her lifetime, Isabella commissioned paintings that reflected her love of her little dogs. — Literary Hub, 28 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
  • Forcing an all-lawyer mandate statewide does not automatically improve the court.
    — Eric Wargotz, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
  • State law mandates that voters must register at least 15 days before an election.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of mandate
Noun
  • The aircraft will use the company’s Hivemind autonomy software to manage flight and mission execution.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The more consequential structural shift may be the separation of custody from execution, according to Morgan Stanley.
    — Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of execution
Noun
  • Hays served on the pre-platform committee at the 1952 Democratic National Convention and the platform committee in 1956, co-authoring weak and ineffective civil rights planks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Members’ lagging caucus dues payments to the DCCC might also factor into these races, with House Democrats mulling a rules change to mandate that dues are paid in order to serve on top committees.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • Alina Habba stepped down as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor in December after an appeals court found her appointment unlawful.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Fleetwood boss Matt Lawlor is less than a year into his first senior managerial position, having been given the job on an interim basis in January before his appointment was made permanent in March.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of appointment
Verb
  • Hays returned to Arkansas and was appointed assistant state attorney general in 1925.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • One of the 72 disciples appointed by Jesus who is traditionally believed to be the young man fleeing naked at Jesus’ arrest.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • These enable you to explore the furthest corners of the site, much of which is festooned with gloriously flourishing bougainvillea.
    — James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The highly customizable shapes enable applications ranging from drug delivery systems to energy storage devices.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of enable
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  • The state superintendent of public instruction, until now, was tasked with overseeing the California Department of Education and executing the state Board of Education’s policies.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • His team, the Delta team, was tasked with going up to the second floor along with another team.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
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  • LaBute was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay, which in and of itself should be a marker of the film’s quality given the Razzies’ consistent knack for being on the wrong side of history.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
  • One of the most memorable episodes of the late Obama years, of course, was the attempt to nominate and put forward Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, which was blocked by Senator [Mitch] McConnell.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
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