0 present 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:
2 to give someone the official authority to be an officer in the armed forces:
These and other questions illustrate the uncertainty surrounding the nurses' role in primary care commissioning.
Commissioning a villa involves all parties in interpreting a tradition and in rejecting and accepting those characteristics that still make sense today.
The way in which such summaries are elaborated should be left up to the commissioning institutions, as they better know their needs.
The highest priorities have been considered by senior committees for likely commissioning as research or guidelines/guidance.
A substantial research grant enabled the commissioning of research assistants to fill in at least some of the gaps.
Despite the expense of commissioning the consultants, and initial aspirations of circulating several thousand copies, less than two hundred were actually printed.
Each building and park was, of course, unique, reflecting the tastes of individual architects and those commissioning the work.
A prestigious roster of international architects lends status to the project and client commissioning the work, and enhances the media appeal of the undertaking.
