Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To commission again; to give a new commission to.
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- verb To give a new commission or to validate an existing commission.
- verb To put back in service (undoing
decommissioning ).
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Examples
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At C4, he argued for the overpriced recommission of Big Brother in September 2006, when Endemol had the broadcaster over a barrel.
Will Danny Cohen have youth on his side at BBC1? Maggie Brown 2010
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Low point: "The BBC deciding not to recommission Not Going Out last year."
Portrait of the artist: Lee Mack, comedian Laura Barnett 2010
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Constantine and Woodall had a TV series together in the UK since ITV decided not to recommission their makeover show last year.
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Maybe HMG could recommission HMP Weare despite the ‘lack of welfare facilities’.
Couldn’t Prosecute Satan « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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It's not been long since Donald Trump, appalled at NBC's decision to actually spend some time thinking about whether to recommission The Apprentice, sensationally quit the show in an explosion of finger-jabbing and weird-hairing.
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We should send a clear signal now - eg recommission Sea Harriers whilst its still possible as a clear sign of intention.
The Economist article on the Falklands Man in a Shed 2006
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We should send a clear signal now - eg recommission Sea Harriers whilst its still possible as a clear sign of intention.
Archive 2006-07-01 Man in a Shed 2006
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Further capital investment was envisaged in the coal sector, with Eskom's decision to recommission five coal-fired power stations by 2009.
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In July 1914, she was granted a last reprieve to swell the numbers at the Spithead Review and then, when war came, her temporary recommission was extended.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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Observer it would take about two months and cost about ND8 million to recommission the copper smelter, which has cooled down.
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