Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commissioning

/kəmˈɪʃənɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: com-mis-sion-ing
IPA: /kəmˈɪʃənɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of commission

noun

The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.

Example Sentences

"The admiral will be commissioning the new destroyer in a few minutes."
"The destroyer's commissioning will be held on February 1st."
"It was taken out of passenger service in early 2013, for conversion into a test bed for the commissioning of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) on the Hertford Loop and elsewhere."

Inflected Forms

commissionings (plural)

Derived Forms

precommissioning

Synonyms

commission

Rhymes With

conditioning positioning transitioning auditioning decommissioning partitioning petitioning repositioning reconditioning

Questions

How do you pronounce commissioning?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈɪʃənɪŋ/.
What does commissioning mean?: present participle and gerund of commission

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