commissioned

Definitions

Formally chosen and authorized to perform a specific task or duty.

Ordered or produced as a result of a specific request or payment.

Granted the rank of an officer in the armed forces.

Examples

The museum commissioned a local artist to paint a mural for the main lobby.

The government commissioned an independent study to investigate the environmental impact of the project.

She was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army shortly after graduating from the academy.

Synonyms

authorized appointed ordered delegated chartered empowered hired

Antonyms

decommissioned dismissed discharged fired terminated retired unauthorized