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# commissioner

noun (a commissioner, commissioners; Commissioner as a title)

«commissioner» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A commissioner is an important official put in charge of a government department, an organisation or an area of work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#m1)
2. In some police forces the commissioner is the head of the police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#m2)
3. In sport a commissioner can be the official in charge of a whole league. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#m3)

### In the lessons

In social studies and news, a commissioner leads things such as the police, a city's water or health service, or a children's rights office. In stories the police commissioner gives orders to detectives. Phrases: police commissioner, children's commissioner, county commissioner, the Commissioner of Police.

### Examples

- The police commissioner spoke to reporters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#x1)
- The children's commissioner listens to the problems of young people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#x2)
- Our town has a commissioner for parks and roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#x3)
- The commissioner of the league announced the new rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#x4)
- In the comic, the commissioner called the hero for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#x5)
- The commissioner visited our school to talk about safety. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#x6)
- His brother, the Commissioner of Taxes, had a dispute with the Minister and was disgraced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a commissioner, commissioners. Spelling: two m's and two s's: co-MM-i-SS-ion-er. Used with a capital letter as a title (Commissioner Gordon).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «commissioner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commissioner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«commissioner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/commissioner.html) on Mova free.