command

[ kuh-mand, -mahnd ]

/ kəˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd /

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verb (used with object)

to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order: The captain commanded his men to attack.

to require authoritatively; demand: She commanded silence.

to have or exercise authority or control over; be master of; have at one's bidding or disposal: The Pharaoh commanded 10,000 slaves.

to deserve and receive (respect, sympathy, attention, etc.): He commands much respect for his attitude.

to dominate by reason of location; overlook: The hill commands the sea.

to have authority over and responsibility for (a military or naval unit or installation); be in charge of.

verb (used without object)

to issue an order or orders.

to be in charge; have authority.

to occupy a dominating position; look down upon or over a body of water, region, etc.

noun

the act of commanding or ordering.

an order given by one in authority: The colonel gave the command to attack.

Military.

an order in prescribed words, usually given in a loud voice to troops at close-order drill: The command was “Right shoulder arms!”
the order of execution or the second part of any two-part close-order drill command, as face in Right face!
(initial capital letter) a principal component of the U.S. Air Force: Strategic Air Command.
a body of troops or a station, ship, etc., under a commander.

the possession or exercise of controlling authority: a lieutenant in command of a platoon.

expertise; mastery: He has a command of French, Russian, and German.

British. a royal order.

power of dominating a region by reason of location; extent of view or outlook: the command of the valley from the hill.

Computers.

an electric impulse, signal, or set of signals for initiating an operation in a computer.
a character, symbol, or item of information for instructing a computer to perform a specific task.
a single instruction.

adjective

of, relating to, or for use in the exercise of command: a command car; command post.

of or relating to a commander: a command decision.

ordered by a sovereign, as if by a sovereign, or by the exigencies of a situation: a command performance.

Origin of command

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English coma(u)nden < Anglo-French com(m)a(u)nder, Old French comander < Medieval Latin commandāre, equivalent to Latin com- com- + mandāre to entrust, order (cf. commend); (noun) late Middle English comma(u)nde < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR command

1 bid, demand, charge, instruct, enjoin.

3 govern, control, oversee, manage, lead.

4 exact, compel, require, claim, secure.

10 direction, bidding, injunction, charge, mandate, instruction.

13 ascendancy, sway, domination.

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ANTONYMS FOR command

1, 7 obey.

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synonym study for command

1. See direct. 3. See rule.

OTHER WORDS FROM command

command·a·ble, adjective pre·com·mand, noun, verb un·com·mand·ed, adjective well-com·mand·ed, adjective

Words nearby command

comma fault, comma position, comma splice, commack, commager, command, command car, command economy, command guidance, command language, command module

Example sentences from the Web for commanded

When Schettino commanded him to turn the ship, he can be heard repeating errant commands.

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In 1964, Kabila had been a Simba leader, and Mobutu had commanded the Congolese army.

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The problem was that Ernst was in Kuwait with the 1168 Transportation Company, a National Guard supply unit that she commanded.

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Gen. David Barno, who commanded U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2005.

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He said he had been commanded to grab every journalist showing up at the morgue.

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They told him that he had commanded long enough, and now he must follow.

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This man, who commanded men and had gained his own way by sheer brain and combativeness, fled by stealth from a dreaded enemy.

Robert Toombs |Pleasant A. Stovall
The 28th Battalion party, thirty strong, commanded by Capts.

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"Well, leave everything as it is," I commanded, despite the rebellion in Nixon's eye.

The Mayor's Wife |Anna Katherine Green
Someone told him, whereon he commanded that the kid should be brought to him and the snake also.

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British Dictionary definitions for commanded (1 of 2)

command

/ (kəˈmɑːnd) /

verb

(when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to order, require, or compel

to have or be in control or authority over (a person, situation, etc)

(tr) to have knowledge or use of he commands the language

(tr) to receive as due or because of merit his nature commands respect

to dominate (a view, etc) as from a height

noun

an order; mandate

the act of commanding

the power or right to command

the exercise of the power to command

ability or knowledge; control a command of French

mainly military the jurisdiction of a commander

a military unit or units commanding a specific area or function, as in the RAF

British

an invitation from the monarch
(as modifier)a command performance

computing a word or phrase that can be selected from a menu or typed after a prompt in order to carry out an action

Word Origin for command

C13: from Old French commander, from Latin com- (intensive) + mandāre to entrust, enjoin, command

British Dictionary definitions for commanded (2 of 2)

Command

/ (kəˈmɑːnd) /

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any of the three main branches of the Canadian military forces Air Command

Idioms and Phrases with commanded

command

In addition to the idiom beginning with command

command performance

also see:

have a good command

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