Synonyms of the word

commission

• n. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
• n. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
• n. The thing to be done as agent for another.
• n. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
• n. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
• n. The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
• v. (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
• v. (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art).
• v. (transitive) To put into active service.

assignment

• n. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
• n. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
• n. An assigned task.
• n. A position to which someone is assigned.
• n. (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
• n. (law) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.
• n. (law) A document that effects this transfer.
• n. (computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

authorisation

• n. Alternative spelling of authorization.

authorise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.

authorization

• n. (uncountable) Permission.
• n. (countable) An act of authorizing.
• n. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
• n. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

authorize

• v. (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
• v. (transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

bid

• v. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
• v. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to pray for; to offer.
• v. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
• v. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
• v. (transitive) To offer as a price.
• v. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
• v. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
• n. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
• n. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
• n. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).

bidding

• v. present participle of bid.
• n. That which one is bidden to do; a command.
• n. The act of placing a bid.

certificate

• n. A document containing a certified statement.
• n. A document evidencing ownership or debt.
• n. A document serving as evidence as a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution…
• n. (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
• v. To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

certification

• n. The act of certifying.
• n. The granting of a certificate.
• n. A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.

charge

• n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
• n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
• n. A load or burden; cargo.
• n. The amount of money levied for a service.
• n. An instruction.
• n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
• n. An accusation.
• n. An electric charge.
• n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
• n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
• n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
• n. A forceful forward movement.
• n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
• n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
• n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
• n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
• n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
• v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
• v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
• v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
• v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
• v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
• v. To impute or ascribe.
• v. To call to account; to challenge.
• v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
• v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
• v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
• v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

command

• n. An order to do something.
• n. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
• n. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
• n. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
• n. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
• n. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer;…
• n. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
• n. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform…
• n. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
• v. (transitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
• v. (transitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have…
• v. (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
• v. (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
• v. (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
• v. (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
• v. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

commissioning

• v. present participle of commission.
• n. The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building…

committal

• n. The act of entrusting something to someone.
• n. The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
• n. The act of perpetrating an offence.
• n. The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
• adj. Of or relating to a committee.

committee

• n. a body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with…
• n. (archaic) a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or…

credential

• adj. Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
• n. (chiefly in the plural) documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges.
• v. to furnish with credentials.

credentials

• n. plural of credential.
• n. Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an…

crime

• n. (countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law.
• n. (uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
• n. (uncountable) criminal acts collectively.
• n. Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
• n. (obsolete) That which occasions crime.
• v. (nonstandard, rare) To commit crime(s).

delegacy

• n. The position or state of being a delegate.
• n. A collection of delegates.

delegation

• n. An act of delegating.
• n. A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
• n. (computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential…
• n. (law) A contract whereby the original debtor substitutes a new debtor in his stead, with the creditor’s…

deputation

• n. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy…
• n. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or…
• n. Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation…

dictation

• n. (uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
• n. (countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
• n. (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
• n. (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.

direction

• n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination.
• n. An general trend for future action.
• n. Guidance, instruction.
• n. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
• n. (archaic) An address.

empowerment

• n. The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
• n. The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
• n. The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
• n. (South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

equip

• v. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever…
• v. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.

fee

• n. (feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also,…
• n. (law) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
• n. (law) An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class…
• n. (obsolete) Property; owndom; estate.
• n. (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
• n. (obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
• n. A monetary payment charged for professional services.
• v. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to…

fit

• adj. Suitable, proper.
• adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
• adj. In good shape; physically well.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
• adj. Prepared; ready.
• v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
• v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
• v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
• v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
• v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
• v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
• v. (transitive) To make ready.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
• v. To be proper or becoming.
• v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
• n. The degree to which something fits.
• n. Conformity of elements one to another.
• n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
• n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
• n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
• n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
• n. A seizure or convulsion.
• n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
• n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
• n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

mission

• n. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
• n. (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
• n. (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide…
• n. (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part…
• n. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
• n. (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service.
• n. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
• v. (transitive) To send to a mission.

operation

• n. The method by which a device performs its function.
• n. The method or practice by which actions are done.
• n. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• n. A planned undertaking.
• n. A business or organization.
• n. (medicine) A surgical procedure.
• n. (computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the…
• n. (military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
• n. (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

order

• n. (uncountable) Arrangement, disposition, sequence.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
• n. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
• n. (countable) A command.
• n. (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
• n. (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion…
• n. (countable) An association of knights.
• n. any group of people with common interests.
• n. (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual,…
• n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon…
• n. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row;…
• n. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry;…
• n. (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon…
• n. (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
• n. (electronics) a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier,…
• n. (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function…
• n. (mathematics) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set or related structure.
• n. (graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.
• n. (order theory) A partially ordered set.
• n. (order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it in fact a partially ordered…
• n. (mathematics) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials…
• v. (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
• v. (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
• v. (transitive) To issue a command to.
• v. (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
• v. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

organisation

• n. British spelling standard spelling of organization.

organization

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being organized.
• n. (uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
• n. (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
• n. (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.
• n. (baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.

outfit

• n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
• n. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
• n. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
• n. (informal) A business or firm.
• n. (sports) A sports team.
• n. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
• v. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

pass

• v. (heading) Physical movement.
• v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
• v. (heading) To move through time.
• v. (heading) To be accepted.
• v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
• v. (heading) To do or be better.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
• n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
• n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
• n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
• n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
• n. An attempt.
• n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
• n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
• n. A sexual advance.
• n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
• n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
• n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
• n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
• n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
• n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
• n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
• n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
• n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
• n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
• n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

perpetration

• n. The act of perpetrating.
• n. Something (such as a crime) that is perpetrated.