commissioned

adjective

com·mis·sioned kə-ˈmi-shənd

Synonyms of commissioned next

of an artistic or literary work : ordered to be made in exchange for payment

a commissioned portrait

The Ohio Ballet's recent … commissioned works by modernists Laura Dean and the frenetic Molissa Fenley …—

David McCracken

… the commissioned piece that highlighted his Lincoln Center concert …—

Larry Blumenfeld

: having received a commission (see commission entry 1 sense 2b) to create an artistic or literary work

a commissioned artist

: receiving a commission (see commission entry 1 sense 6) as a fee

a commissioned salesperson

of a ship : ready for active service : in commission

But few of the Bostonians depicted here on Constitution Wharf at Boston Harbor would have predicted that the old ship would … remain a commissioned Navy ship for so many years to come.—

Tyrone Martin

: having or involving a commission (see commission entry 1 sense 1) conferring rank, authority, or power

a commissioned notary public

Of these [Irish] volunteers [in the British armed forces] I estimate that approximately 8,000 served in the commissioned ranks.—

Steven O'Connor

Examples of commissioned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The commissioned centerpiece of the exhibition is personal to Saar as someone who grew up visiting the Huntington with her mother and aunt. —

Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023

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