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
In December, the commission approved a special rate contract between Google and Entergy. — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026 The findings of the second report — which reviewed pretext stops by officers from other units in January — are expected to be presented at an upcoming commission meeting. — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 1 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
Noun
  • Softer labor figures would justify a balanced approach at the Warsh Fed, leading the committee to take the employment side of the institution's dual mandate into consideration, effectively loosening financial conditions.
    — Justina Lee,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • University of Pittsburgh researchers studied RTO mandates at big public companies and found no gain in financial performance — just a drop in employee satisfaction.
    — Lori Janke, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of mandate
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  • The executions include that of Christa Pike, the first woman set to be put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The gap between intention and execution is often a habit gap.
    — Jason Bork, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 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
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  • That same month, the administration temporarily paused the processing of immigrant visa appointments worldwide for consular officer training, though the pause is not expected to last beyond early to-mid-September.
    — Mariel Ferragamo, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Sanchez’s appointment as Hot Docs president is effective immediately.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 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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  • The approach appears to be adding a midfielder who can cover larger spaces in the middle of the pitch, enabling the team to be more proactive and aggressive in their press.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The advanced safety detector, which screens incoming messages for policy violations, must be manually enabled by users.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
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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
Definition of task
Verb
  • Travel advisors, industry leaders and other contributors nominated towns across the United States.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • And when the Democrats nominate candidates, James Talarico would be a great Senate candidate in California.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
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