commissariat

CEFRB2

/ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An office responsible for supplying an army or organization.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.

Examples

  • He worked in the army's commissariat department.

  • The commissariat provided food for the army.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.

  2. A supply of food.

  3. A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.

More examples

In context

  • The commissariat was responsible for supplying food to the troops.

  • We gave such dinner-parties as our commissariat allowed; the menu was simplicity itself - " blanket " for every course, cunningly disguised as soup, entree, and, I was going to say, joint.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The military blank distributed rations to the troops at the remote base.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French commissariat.