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commissioned Definition In English

0 past simple and past participle of commission
1 to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone:
- She's commissioned an artist to paint her portrait.
- The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry.
2 to give someone the official authority to be an officer in the armed forces:
- Grandfather was commissioned as Group Captain in the RAF just before the war.

It is hard to imagine any other service in the world in which they would not have been commissioned for the responsibilities they held.
There are several types of reviews, including internal review, internally commissioned external review and external review.
The ensemble also developed a sense of its musical identity by generating a repertoire of commissioned works.
Chapters on major areas were commissioned and because there was such a deal of research available, the editors were able to be selective.
They then commissioned two new barque rigged sealers.
In situations where a technology assessment has been commissioned, a decision usually results (even if the decision is to do nothing).
We were commissioned to write the mapping report because we made effective play of our expertise as academics, as detached observers.
The petitioners were particularly aggrieved by the finial that their minister had commissioned for the cover of the font and by its theological implications.