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Antonyms for commissioning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-mish-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɪʃ ən

Definition of commissioning

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "authority entrusted to someone," from Latin commissionem (nominative commissio) "delegation of business," noun of action from past participle stem of committere (see commit). Meaning "body of persons charged with authority" is from late 15c.
  • verb authorize or delegate task
Example sentences :
  • To which did the answer refer, the commissioning, or the sailing?
  • Extract from : « In Eastern Seas » by J. J. Smith
  • For commissioning Pompey with two lictors to restore Ptolemy.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • That card was the Secretarys authority for commissioning me Consul to Zurich.
  • Extract from : « Twenty Years in Europe » by Samuel H. M. Byers
  • The Abbe had a habit of commissioning her to visit his poor.
  • Extract from : « A Love Episode » by Emile Zola
  • It is difficult to say when the custom of hoisting a pendant on commissioning the ship became established.
  • Extract from : « British Flags » by W. G. Perrin
  • Mrs. Beaumont, at last, relieved his or her own impatience by commissioning Mr. Twigg to walk round the improvements by himself.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Congress supplemented the foregoing measure by commissioning young Col. Laurens to carry forward the important work suggested.
  • Extract from : « History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 » by George W. Williams
  • Thus divided between fear and attraction, man has fallen upon the device of commissioning some one to represent him before God.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus » by G. A. Chadwick
  • He often talked of commissioning a poet to compose verses about that wonderful coming day at Dipwell.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith
  • I believe Misha wrote to you as though someone were commissioning me to go, but that's nonsense.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Anton Chekhov » by Anton Chekhov

Synonyms for commissioning

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