commissioning

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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.

“The destroyer's commissioning will be held on February 1st.”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of commission

    The admiral will be commissioning the new destroyer in a few minutes.

nouncommissioning (plural commissionings)

plural commissionings

  1. 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.

    The destroyer's commissioning will be held on February 1st.

    1 more example

    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.

    2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 43

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 交付使用
  • 交付使用 (jiāofù shǐyòng)process
Dutch inbedrijfstelling, ingebruikname
  • inbedrijfstellingprocess
  • ingebruiknameprocess
Finnish käyttöönotto
  • käyttöönottoprocess
French mise en service
  • mise en serviceprocess
German Bevollmächtigung, Inbetriebnahme
  • Bevollmächtigungprocess
  • Inbetriebnahmeprocess
  • Inbetriebsetzungprocess
  • Indienststellungprocess
Portuguese comissionamento
  • comissionamentoprocess
Russian ввод в эксплуата́цию, пуск
  • ввод в эксплуата́цию (vvod v ekspluatáciju)process
  • пуск (pusk)process
  • ввод в де́йствие (vvod v déjstvije)process
Spanish certificación
  • certificaciónprocess
Swedish kommissionering
  • kommissioneringprocess
Turkish görevlendirme, hizmete alma
  • görevlendirmeprocess
  • hizmete almaprocess
  • işletmeye almaprocess
  • devreye almaprocess
  • devreye sokmaprocess
Cite this entry
APA

commissioning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissioning

MLA

“commissioning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissioning. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commissioning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissioning.

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