commission
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”) + noun of action missiō (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō (“to send”) + noun of action suffix -iō.
Inflected forms:
form: commissions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: commissions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: commissioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: commissioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: commissioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
Let him see our commission.
This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majeſty's Commiſſion.
gloss: The thing to be done as agent for another.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I have three commissions for the city.
gloss: A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the European Commission
the Electoral Commission
the Federal Communications Commission
The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
gloss: A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a reseller's commission
The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer.
[T]he scandal was the pretty common one of a corrupt agreement between hotel proprietors and a salesman who took and gave secret commissions, so that his business had a monopoly of all the drink sold in the place.
gloss: The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
Two witnesses to the assault, both patrons of the bar at the time of the incident, were also subpoenaed, but they were requested to sign a waiver of immunity, which would allow their prosecution in the event that their testimony indicated their involvement in the commission of a crime.
gloss: To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first solider^([sic – meaning soldier]) to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
gloss: To place an order for (often a piece of art).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
gloss: To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
The 1.7 mile-long conveyor system was commissioned in November 2022, and will remove one million lorry movements from the roads around West London.
Derived words: anticommission
commission agent
commissional
commissionary
commission bid
commission breath
commission de bene esse
commissionee
commissioner
commissionless
commissionship
decommission
discommission
European Commission
Great Commission
housing commission
intercommission
liquor commission
noncommission
out of commission
override one's commission
royal commission
subcommission
trailing commission
truth commission
commissionable
commissioning editor
overcommission
recommission
re-commission
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: komision
lang: Southern Altai
word: кӱрее
roman: küree
lang: Arabic
word: لَجْنَة
roman: lajna
lang: Armenian
word: հանձնաժողով
roman: hanjnažoġov
lang: Armenian
word: հանձնախումբ
roman: hanjnaxumb
lang: Armenian
word: կոմիտե
roman: komite
lang: Azerbaijani
word: komissiya
lang: Belarusian
word: камі́сія
roman: kamísija
lang: Bengali
word: কমিশন
roman: komiśon
lang: Bulgarian
word: коми́сия
roman: komísija
lang: Catalan
word: comissió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 委員會 /委员会
roman: wěiyuánhuì
lang: Czech
word: komise
lang: Danish
word: kommission
lang: Danish
word: undersøgelseskommission
lang: Dutch
word: commissie
lang: Esperanto
word: komisiono
lang: Finnish
word: komitea
lang: Finnish
word: toimikunta
lang: Finnish
word: valtuuskunta
lang: Finnish
word: komissio
lang: French
word: commission
lang: Georgian
word: კომისია
roman: ḳomisia
lang: German
word: Kommission
lang: German
word: Ausschuss
lang: Greek
word: επιτροπή
roman: epitropí
lang: Hindi
word: आयोग
roman: āyog
lang: Hindi
word: कमीशन
roman: kamīśan
lang: Hungarian
word: bizottság
lang: Indonesian
word: komisi
lang: Irish
word: coimisiún
lang: Italian
word: commissione
lang: Japanese
word: 委員会
roman: iinkai
lang: Kazakh
word: комиссия
roman: komissiä
lang: Khmer
word: គណៈកម្មការ
roman: kĕəʼnaʼ kamkɑɑ
lang: Korean
word: 위원회
roman: wiwonhoe
lang: Macedonian
word: комисија
roman: komisija
lang: Malay
word: suruhanjaya
lang: Malay
word: komisi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kommisjon
lang: Occitan
word: comission
lang: Persian
word: کمیسیون
roman: komisiyon
lang: Polish
word: komisja
lang: Portuguese
word: comissão
lang: Romanian
word: comisie
lang: Russian
word: коми́ссия
roman: komíssija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: поверѐнство
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: повјерѐнство
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: комѝсија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: poverènstvo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: povjerènstvo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: komìsija
lang: Slovak
word: komisia
lang: Slovene
word: komisija
lang: Spanish
word: comisión
lang: Swahili
word: kamisheni
lang: Swedish
word: kommission
lang: Tagalog
word: komisyon
lang: Thai
word: คณะกรรมการ
roman: ká-ná-gam-má-gaan
lang: Turkish
word: komisyon
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: انجمن
roman: encümen
lang: Ukrainian
word: комі́сія
roman: komísija
lang: Uzbek
word: komissiya
lang: Vietnamese
word: uỷ ban