COMMISSIONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commissioning mean? 

• COMMISSIONING (noun)
  The noun COMMISSIONING has 1 sense:

1. the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

  Familiarity information: COMMISSIONING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMISSIONING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

commission; commissioning

Hypernyms ("commissioning" is a kind of...):

authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commissioning"):

mandate (the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory)

Derivation:

commission (charge with a task)

 Context examples 

Following orbit insertion, MAVEN will begin a six-week commissioning phase that includes maneuvering into its final science orbit and testing the instruments and science-mapping commands.

(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)

After an affectionate parting between the friends, Elizabeth was attended to the carriage by Mr. Collins, and as they walked down the garden he was commissioning her with his best respects to all her family, not forgetting his thanks for the kindness he had received at Longbourn in the winter, and his compliments to Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, though unknown.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)