commission
48
4.9
- noun
- /kəˈmɪʃən/
- Formal
- I am honored you've granted my request for a commission in the Musketeers that I may follow my father and you.
- receive a commission
- award a commission
- prestigious commissions
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- Yeah, well, before Vietnam, I'd applied for a Commission.
- And it was the first private Commission I have done in two decades.
- The Mona Lisa was a Commission of a merchant in Florence for a picture of his wife.
- And I told him that I wanted to cross Commission to the Marines and fly the Harrier or the Hornet.
- George Washington's greatest moment is when he resigns his Commission in the Continental Army and says, I don't want to be king.
Examples
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So the World Health Organization had a Commission on so-called social determinants of health.
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The Mona Lisa was a Commission of a merchant in Florence for a picture of his wife.
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And it was the first private Commission I have done in two decades.
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For the first question he will ask us will be by what authority and Commission do we try him?
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Everyone in town wanted that commission.
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Every state probably has a highway commission that is concerned about the major roads running through it.
Academic text (2008) -
Finally, in 2006, the UN General Assembly replaced the commission with the Human Rights Council.
Academic text (2008) -
To that end, the college formed a commission to determine how best to commemorate its past.
Academic text (2017) -
The Governor has a commission to consider last-minute appeals for clemency.
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The government issued an official commission to the team to investigate the environmental impact of the new project.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
An important task or a group sent by an organization to do it
∞
3.0
An instruction from someone in power that must be followed
269
5.3
An official paper that tells a person or group to do something
1
8.5
An official act by people in power that appoints someone or makes a rule
1
7.2
Giving someone the power to make decisions for you
Antonyms
Compounds
27
4.6
A U.S. government agency that watches financial markets and protects investors
- Formal
23
3.9
An official group that organizes and makes sure elections are fair
18
3.9
A US agency that keeps business competition fair and protects consumers
15
3.5
A United States government agency that regulates radio, television, and internet companies
- Formal
15
6.0
A panel that tries people for crimes under armed forces law, for example war crimes
- Formal
13
3.9
A group of people who make plans and decisions about how a town or city grows
9
4.4
A United States government agency that licenses and checks safety at nuclear power plants
5
4.2
A former United States government agency that oversaw nuclear energy research and civilian use
- Formal
3
6.1
An independent group of respected experts who study a public problem and give advice
2
7.5
A former federal agency in the United States that set prices and rules for trains and other transport between states
- Formal
1
7.4
A small elected group that runs a city government, each member managing one department
- Formal
1
6.0
Independent United States agency that recommends prices for mail services
1
5.1
A United Nations group that helps Latin American countries grow their economies
1
5.1
A United Nations group that helps African countries develop their economies
1
5.2
An organization in the United Nations that helps European countries work together on economic matters
1
3.6
A United Nations group that works for equal rights for women worldwide
- Formal
1
6.3
A United Nations group that oversees international rules and policies about drugs
1
6.7
A group set up by the UN Economic and Social Council to study and advise on economic or social issues
- Formal
A group at the United Nations that promotes and protects people's basic rights worldwide
A UN group that helps Asian and Far Eastern countries develop their economies
- Formal
A group set up by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to work on a global issue
A left-wing armed group in Bolivia that brings together small indigenous armed groups and follows revolutionary ideas from the 1960s
- Formal
A United Nations group that gives advice about population size and growth worldwide
A United Nations group that helps countries reduce poverty and include all people in society
How Official
- Formal
69
5.7
- Formal
153
4.9
- Formal
48
4.9
602
1.2
808
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Commission as an official order comes from Latin com- 'together' and mittere 'to send' and is like giving someone a mission, so a commission is an official assignment that gives someone the authority to act.