Commission
Commission verb - To appoint as one's representative.
Ready and commission are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead a verb "Commission".
Ready
Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.
Commission and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commission" instead a verb "Ready".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- An old Bill Mauldin comic showed an American GI getting ready to put his mighty steed out of commission.... A Willys Jeep.◊
Source: Watch the Paint Job - Near the end of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, Fate activates Sonic Drive and demonstrates how much faster she is now by dashing past Sette, slicing up her Boomerang Blades into itty-bitty pieces, and taking her out of commission all before she could even move out of her ready stance.
Source: Speed Blitz -
Richard Feynman mentioned in his autobiography a case when one publisher sent a schoolbook to the California State Curriculum Commission, but it wasn't ready for print, so it had empty pages.
Source: Praising Shows You Don't Watch
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