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
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
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  • 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
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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
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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
Definition of appoint
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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
Definition of enable
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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
Definition of task
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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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