Commission
nnoun.groupa special group delegated to consider some matterSynset:committee
Examples:- a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
Derivationally Related Form:commitcommissioner
Hypernyms:administrative body administrative unit
Inherited Hypernyms:committeeadministrative unitunitorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ECOSOC commissionEconomic and Social Council commissionPACblue ribbon commissionblue ribbon committeeboardconservancyelection commissionethics committeeethics panelfairness commissionfinance committeejurypanelplanning commissionpolitburopolitical action committeepraesidiumpresidiumselect committeestanding committeesteering committeesubcommitteevestryzoning commission
Member Meronyms:commissioner committee member
Full Hyponyms:advisory boardappeal boardblue ribbon commissionboardboard of regentsboard of selectmenboard of trusteesbritish cabinetcabinetcommission on human rightscommission on narcotic drugscommission on the status of womenconservancydirectoratedraft boardeconomic and social council commissioneconomic commission for africaeconomic commission for asia and the far easteconomic commission for europeeconomic commission for latin americaelection commissionethics committeefairness commissionfederal reserve boardfinance committeegoverning boardjurykashagplanning commissionpolitburopolitical action committeepopulation commissionpresidiumschool boardselect committeeshadow cabinetsocial development commissionstaggered board of directorsstanding committeestatistical commissionsteering committeesubcommitteeunited states cabinetvestryways and means committeezoning boardzoning commission
nnoun.possessiona fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)Hypernyms:fee
Inherited Hypernyms:commissionfeefixed chargechargecostoutgotransferred propertypossessionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of granting authority to undertake certain functionsSynset:commissioning
Derivationally Related Form:commissionercommission
Hypernyms:authorisation authorization empowerment
Inherited Hypernyms:commissionauthorizationmanagementsocial controlgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:commissionauthorizationmanagementsocial controlgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:mandate
nnoun.statethe state of being in good working order and ready for operationExamples:- put the ships into commission
- the motor was out of commission
Derivationally Related Form:commission
Hypernyms:operation
Inherited Hypernyms:commissionoperationactionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.groupa group of representatives or delegatesSynset:delegacy delegation deputation mission
Derivationally Related Form:deputemissionerdelegatecommissioner
Hypernyms:organisation organization
Inherited Hypernyms:deputationorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:diplomatic missionembassy
Full Hyponyms:diplomatic missionembassyhigh commissionlegation
nnoun.communicationa formal statement of a command or injunction to do somethingSynset:charge direction
Examples:- the judge's charge to the jury
Derivationally Related Form:commissionerchargecommission
Hypernyms:bid bidding command dictation
Inherited Hypernyms:commissioncommandspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:misdirection
Full Hyponyms:misdirection
nnoun.communicationan official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forcesTopic:armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
Synset:military commission
Hypernyms:certificate certification credential credentials
Inherited Hypernyms:commissioncertificatedocumentwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of committing a crimeSynset:committal perpetration
Derivationally Related Form:perpetratecommit
Hypernyms:crime criminal offence criminal offense law-breaking
Inherited Hypernyms:perpetrationcrimeoffensetransgressionwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.acta special assignment that is given to a person or groupSynset:charge mission
Examples:- a confidential mission to London
- his charge was deliver a message
Derivationally Related Form:chargemissionercommission
Hypernyms:assignment duty assignment
Inherited Hypernyms:missionassignmentdutyworkactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:fool's errandmartyr operationmission impossiblesacrifice operationsuicide mission
Full Hyponyms:fool's errandmission impossiblesuicide mission
vverb.socialput into commission; equip for service; of shipsDerivationally Related Form:commission
Hypernyms:equip fit fit out outfit
Inherited Hypernyms:commissionequipsupplygivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialplace an order forDerivationally Related Form:commission
Hypernyms:order
Inherited Hypernyms:commissionorderrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE
vverb.socialcharge with a taskDerivationally Related Form:commissionercommissioningcommission
Hypernyms:authorise authorize clear pass
Inherited Hypernyms:commissionauthorizepermitacceptreactact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: commission)