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- pronunciation:
- k
mI
sh
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the head of a government department.
the commissioner of public works |
| definition 2: |
one who serves on a commission.
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| definition 3: |
the head of an organization that oversees a particular sport.
the football commissioner |
adjective + (n.)commissioner
acting, advisory, agricultural, appointed, assistant, associate, chief, elected, fellow, interim, municipal, outgoing, provincial, sole
verb + (n.)commissioner
act, advise, appoint, authorize, elect, hire, police, postpone, state, sue, suspend, urge
(n.)commissioner
+ verb
announce, approve, oversee, recommend, resign, vote
noun + (n.)commissioner
agriculture,
appointment,
approval,
assistant,
banking,
baseball,
board,
boxing,
conference,
correction,
county,
custom,
deputy,
district,
dot,
election,
health,
housing,
insurance,
labor,
league,
liquor,
mayor,
moratorium,
owner,
parole,
planning,
police,
port,
precinct,
railroad,
revenue,
sanitation,
sewer,
state,
tenure,
transportation,
utility,
zoning
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The word commissioner
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
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, bursar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, drinker, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, laborer, lecher, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, scribbler, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
-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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