COMMISSION Synonyms: 218 Similar and Opposite Words

commission 1 of 2

noun

kə-ˈmi-shən

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

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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Noun

She is being investigated by the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, the state agency that disciplines judges, according to a formal complaint published by the commission on Dec. 14, 2022. —

Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024 Alternatively, the businesses will sign deals with influencers to promote the product in their posts for a fee or a share of affiliate revenue, similar to a commission for each sale. —

Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2024

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In a remarkable topical twofer, not only is Microsoft turning to nuclear power to run its data centers, it's commissioned the restarting of the infamous Three Mile Island station – the site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in US history. —

David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2024 Threaded throughout the exhibition are commissioned works by Gutiérrez, as well as other contemporary Nahua, Tzotzil, Mixtec, and Zapotec artists, who have revived and reinterpreted Indigenous practices of pigment production, dyeing, weaving, and watercolor painting on amate bark paper. —

Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for commission

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