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COMMISSIONING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
Synonyms:
commission; commissioning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("commissioning" is a kind of...):
authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commissioning"):
mandate (the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory)
Derivation:
commission (charge with a task)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb commission
