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- pronunciation:
- k
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shn
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- out of commission
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of performing or carrying out (something); the act of committing.
Commissions of car theft decreased this past year.He repented for the commission of his sins.- synonyms:
- commendation, consignment, deed, delegation, entrustment, memorization, performance, perpetration, pledge
- similar words:
- assignment, covenant, engagement, execution, promise, transfer
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| definition 2: |
an order granting authority to perform a certain task or function.
The publishing house gave her a commission to write the book.- synonyms:
- authorization, requisition
- similar words:
- charge, command, contract, direction, license, mandate, order
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| definition 3: |
a body of persons with special authority.
The election commission monitors the financing of elections.The commission just released the report of its investigations.- similar words:
- agency, board, cabinet, committee, council, delegation, deputation
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| definition 4: |
a sum of money given to an agent or salesperson for services.
The salesman gets a commission when he sells a car.As a real estate agent, she makes her income from commissions.- synonyms:
- percentage
- similar words:
- allotment, brokerage, compensation, dividend, fee, share, take
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| definition 5: |
the order that confers officer's rank in the military.
He received his commission from the naval academy in 1955.- similar words:
- appointment, assignment
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| related words: |
office, pay, position, post, work |
adjective + (n.)commission
advisory,
architectural,
bipartisan,
blue-ribbon,
congressional,
electoral,
fact-finding,
fixed,
high-level,
historical,
independent,
investigating,
investigative,
joint,
judicial,
military,
minimum,
parliamentary,
presidential,
prestigious,
regulatory,
royal,
sentencing,
special
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verb + (n.)commission
accept, appoint, authorize, award, chair, disclose, earn, establish, execute, form, govern, pay, receive, resign, testify
(n.)commission
+ verb
advocate, approve, charge, compose, conclude, convene, draft, endorse, head, investigate, issue, oversee, propose, recommend, regulate, reject, review, study, vote
noun + (n.)commission
agent,
appointment,
bonus,
boxing,
broker,
brokerage,
charter,
closing,
closure,
county,
creation,
election,
ethics,
firearm,
gaming,
omission,
planning,
portrait,
reconciliation,
ribbon,
salary,
sales,
salespeople,
sin,
testimony,
trading,
truth,
utility,
zoning
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| phrase: |
out of commission |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
commissions, commissioning, commissioned |
| definition 1: |
to grant or issue an order giving (some person or group) authority to perform a certain task or function.
The queen commissioned him to make the voyage.- synonyms:
- authorize, requisition
- similar words:
- accredit, charge, command, contract, direct, license, mandate, order, warrant
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| definition 2: |
to put (a ship) into service.
The Navy commissioned the ship for service in the North Atlantic. |
| definition 3: |
to grant a commission for the creation of (a painting, poem, article, or the like).
The hotel commissioned a large painting for its lobby.- similar words:
- enable, engage, support
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| definition 4: |
to award a commission to (someone) as a military officer.
He was commissioned an ensign by the Navy at the age of twenty-two. |
| related words: |
appoint, delegate, detach, employ, empower, job, send |
adverb + (v.)commission
newly, originally, recently, specially
(v.)commission
+ noun
architect, artist, composer, lieutenant, mural, officer, opera, piece, sculpture, series, ship, works
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The word commission
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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