Get to know Commissariat better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like provisions or provender.
Commissariat meaning
- A supply of food.
- The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
- A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
Using Commissariat
- The main meaning on this page is: A supply of food. | The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops. | A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
- Useful related words include: provisions, provender, viands, victuals.
- In the example corpus, commissariat often appears in combinations such as: the commissariat, commissariat of, commissariat for.
Context around Commissariat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Commissariat
- In this selection, "commissariat" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, soviet, behind, war, department, indications and ministry stand out and add context to how "commissariat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include boat the commissariat said and building the commissariat with orders. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "commissariat" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with commissariat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Then the Commissariat of the Holy Land was created. (9 words)
The war commissariat of Ryazan succeeded in gathering in some fifteen thousand of such deserters. (15 words)
It is also known as narkamauka, after the word narkamat, a Belarusian abbreviation for People's Commissariat (ministry). (18 words)
The Council of People's Commissars appointed itself the supreme head of the Red Army, delegating command and administration of the army to the Commissariat for Military Affairs and the Special All-Russian College within this commissariat. (37 words)
Mitterrand left the Commissariat in January 1943, when his boss Maurice Pinot, another vichysto-résistant, was replaced by the collaborator André Masson, but he remained in charge of the centres d'entraides. (32 words)
In the end, the Supreme Court finally stepped in to end this unconstitutional aberration, which was more like the old Soviet commissariat than our ideals of equality under the law. (30 words)
Example sentences (14)
The Council of People's Commissars appointed itself the supreme head of the Red Army, delegating command and administration of the army to the Commissariat for Military Affairs and the Special All-Russian College within this commissariat.
In the end, the Supreme Court finally stepped in to end this unconstitutional aberration, which was more like the old Soviet commissariat than our ideals of equality under the law.
Mathroo came in second behind Commissariat and ahead of Pune’s Diana Pundole, who ended up third in the championship.
The person traveling with the sick passenger tested negative, and both were taken off the boat, the commissariat said.
Nearly 150 000 litres of fuel would be used to oil the fleet of buses being mobilised by the Zanu PF commissariat department to ferry party supporters to Harare.
According to a list released by the revolutionary party's Commissariat Department, Mashonaland West Province has the highest number of constituencies (7) ordered to re-conduct the elections.
From the communication I got from the commissariat, indications are that there won't be any re-runs in the province," he said.
Then the Commissariat of the Holy Land was created.
In October 1960, a large amount of radioactive waste was going to be discarded in the Mediterranean Sea by the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA).
It is also known as narkamauka, after the word narkamat, a Belarusian abbreviation for People's Commissariat (ministry).
Like Glasscott, Thomas clashed with Burges, but survived until the Convict Depot was closed in 1857, and he was transferred to a more senior position with the Commissariat in Perth.
Meanwhile, Captain Karl Wild, learning of the putsch from marchers, mobilized his command to guard Kahr's government building, the Commissariat, with orders to shoot.
Mitterrand left the Commissariat in January 1943, when his boss Maurice Pinot, another vichysto-résistant, was replaced by the collaborator André Masson, but he remained in charge of the centres d'entraides.
The war commissariat of Ryazan succeeded in gathering in some fifteen thousand of such deserters.
Common combinations with commissariat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the commissariat 8×
- commissariat of 3×
- commissariat for 2×
- commissariat department 2×
- people's commissariat 2×
- commissariat in 2×