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commissioning

commissioning is the present participle and gerund of commission.

Meaning of commission

Verb

commission (third-person singular simple present commissions, present participle commissioning, simple past and past participle commissioned)

  1. (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
    • James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
  2. (transitive) To place an order for (often a piece of art).
    • He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
  3. (transitive) To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.
    • The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.

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Noun

commissioning (plural commissionings)

  1. The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.
    • The destroyer's commissioning will be held on February 1st.
    • It was taken out of passenger service in early 2013, for conversion into a test bed for the commissioning of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) on the Hertford Loop and elsewhere.2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 43

Forms of commissioning

pluralcommissionings

Words formed from commissioning

Phrases with commissioning

Questions about commissioning

What does commissioning mean?
Commissioning means the process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.
What is commissioning the present participle and gerund of?
Commissioning is the present participle and gerund of commission.
What part of speech is commissioning?
Commissioning is a noun.
What is the plural of commissioning?
The plural of commissioning is commissionings.

Words near commissioning in the dictionary

  1. Commissioners Creek
  2. commissioners of oaths
  3. Commissioners-designate
  4. commissionership
  5. commissionerships
  6. commissioning
  7. commissioning editor
  8. commissioning editors
  9. commissionings
  10. commissionless
  11. commissionnaire

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