commissioning
Saykuh-MISH-uhn-ing/kəˈmɪʃənɪŋ/
- 1Checking that a new building or machine is set up and tested so it works the way the owner wants.
Like testing a new car carefully before you drive it home, to make sure everything works.
The commissioning of the new water plant took three months to finish.
Before opening, the building went through careful commissioning to check every system.
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- 2Present participle of commission. Use this form for the action as it is happening now.
The navy is commissioning a new fleet of patrol boats.
They are commissioning an artist to paint a large mural.
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commissioning is a form of commission
commission, verb: To ask someone to make something special for you, often a work of art. Full entry
- Forms
- commissioncommissions he/she/itcommissioning -ing formcommissioned past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- commission → commissioning: add -ing
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