different between designate vs commission

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.n?t/, /?d?z??.ne?t/
• (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.ne?t/

Adjective

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

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2. (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

Verb

designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)

1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

Synonyms

• (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
• (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

Derived terms

• designated driver
• designated hitter

Related terms

• codesignative
• designation
• designative
• designatum

Translations

Further reading

• designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Participle

designate

1. past participle of designar

Italian

Verb

designate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of designare
2. feminine plural of designato

Adjective

designate

1. feminine plural of designato

Anagrams

• disegnate
• sdegniate

Latin

Verb

d?sign?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?sign?

References

• designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French commission, from Latin commissi? (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”), + noun of action missi? (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mitt? (“to send”), + noun of action suffix -i?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??m???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

commission (countable and uncountable, plural commissions)

1. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
2. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
3. The thing to be done as agent for another.

4. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.

   Synonyms: committee, government body

5. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

   Hyponyms: (to a broker) brokerage, (to a shroff) shroffage

6. The act of committing (e.g. a crime).

   • Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.

   Antonym: omission

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

commission (third-person singular simple present commissions, present participle commissioning, simple past and past participle commissioned)

1. (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
   • 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal

     Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.

2. (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art)

3. (transitive) To put into active service

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commissio, commissionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.mi.sj??/

Noun

commission f (plural commissions)

1. commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction)

Derived terms

• Commission européenne

Descendants

• ? Persian: ???????? (komisiyon)
• ? Turkish: komisyon

Further reading

• “commission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).