'Commissioning' definitions:
Definition of 'commissioning'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions [syn: commission, commissioning]
Definition of 'Commissioning'
From: GCIDE
- Commission \Com*mis"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned; p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
- 1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To send out with a charge or commission. [1913 Webster]
- A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian land. --Dryden.
- Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate; constitute; ordain.
Words containing 'Commissioning'
- Commission,
- Commissioned,
- Commissive,
- on commission,
- out of commission,
- Christian Commission,
- Commission merchant,
- Commission of array,
- Commission of bankruptcy,
- Commission of lunacy,
- Commission of rebellion,
- Commission of review,
- Commission of the peace,
- Commission officer,
- Commissioned officer,
- Sanitary Commission,
- commission plan,
- ecosoc commission,
- election commission,
- fairness commission,
- high commission,
- military commission,
- planning commission,
- population commission,
- statistical commission,
- zoning commission,
- Civil Service Commission,
- High commission court,
- Jail delivery commission,
- To put a vessel into commission,
- To put a vessel out of commission,
- To put the Treasury into commission,
- atomic energy commission,
- blue ribbon commission,
- commission on human rights,
- commission on narcotic drugs,
- commission on the status of women,
- commissioned military officer,
- commissioned naval officer,
- economic commission for africa,
- economic commission for europe,
- federal communications commission,
- federal trade commission,
- interstate commerce commission,
- nuclear regulatory commission,
- postal rate commission,
- securities and exchange commission,
- social development commission,
- Commission of general gaol delivery,
- The United States Christian Commission,
- The United States Sanitary Commission,
- To put the great seal into commission,
- economic and social council commission,
- economic commission for latin america,
- nestor paz zamora commission,
- economic commission for asia and the far east