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Verb
/kəˈmand/,
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commanding, present participle; commanded, past participle; commanded, past tense; commands, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Give an authoritative order
    • - a gruff voice commanded us to enter
    • - “Stop arguing!” he commanded
    • - he commanded that work should cease
    • - my mother commands my presence
  2. Give orders
    • - she commands and we obey
  3. Have authority
    • - someone born to command
  4. Have authority over; be in charge of (a unit)
    • - he commanded a battalion at Normandy
  5. Dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height
    • - the two castles commanded the harbor
  6. Control or restrain (oneself or one's feelings)
    • - he commanded himself with an effort
  7. Be in a strong enough position to secure
    • - no party commanded a majority
  8. Deserve and receive
    • - a moral force that commanded respect
Noun
  1. An authoritative order
    • - it's unlikely they'll obey your commands
  2. An instruction or signal that causes a computer to perform one of its basic functions

  3. Authority, esp. over armed forces
    • - an officer took command
    • - who's in command?
    • - we will have nearly thirty thousand people under our command
  4. The ability to use or control something
    • - he had a brilliant command of English
  5. A group of officers exercising control over a particular group or operation

  6. A body of troops or a district under the control of a particular officer

  1. (command) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  2. be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army"
  3. (command) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
  4. (command) make someone do something
  5. (command) demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
  6. (command) dominate: look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
  7. (Command (Client album)) Command is the fourth studio album by the English electronic group Client. It was released on 6 March 2009 by Out of Line Music.
  8. (Command (computing)) In computing, a command is a directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task. Most commonly a command is a directive to some kind of command line interface, such as a shell.
  9. (Command (military formation)) A command in military terminology is an organisational unit that the individual in Military command has responsibility for. A Commander will normally be specifically appointed into the role in order to provide a legal framework for the authority bestowed. ...
  10. (Command (teaching style)) The Command teaching style is the closest approximation to the traditional system of education under the progressive teaching technology, Student-Directed Teaching.
  11. (The Command) The Fifty State Initiative, often referred to as simply The Initiative, is a fictional governmental plan that appears in the Marvel Comics universe. Its purpose is to provide a superhero team in every state of the United States after the conclusion of Civil War.
  12. (command) An order, a compelling task given to an inferior or a machine; The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience; power of control, direction or disposal; mastery; A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power ...
  13. (commanding) tending to give commands, authoritarian; impressively dominant
  14. (Command) A signal or series of signals that initiates one step or a series of steps  in the execution of a program.
  15. (Command) The act of directing and/or controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency, or delegated authority. May also refer to the Incident Commander.
  16. A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.), its binding (q.v.) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.) to find the command to run. See section Keys and Commands.
  17. (command) In shell programming, the syntactic combination of a program name and its arguments. More loosely, anything you type to a shell (a command interpreter) that starts it doing something. Even more loosely, a Perl statement, which might start with a label and typically ends with a semicolon.
  18. (command) A word or character that causes the computer to do something.  A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
  19. (Command) The direction of members and resources of an organization in the performance of the organization’s roles and responsibilities. Authority to command is established in legislation or by agreement and operates vertically within an organization.
  20. (command) the act of giving an instruction to your Mac either by menu choice or keystroke.
  21. (Command) An instruction given to the computer, by means of a keyboard, punch card, mouse, voice command, or other method.
  22. (command) an instruction to a computer to perform a special task like print.
  23. (command) (JP 1-02)- 1. The authority that a commander in the Military Service lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. ...
  24. (7. Command) Command leads you to take charge. Unlike some people, you feel no discomfort with imposing your views on others. On the contrary, once your opinion is formed, you need to share it with others. Once your goal is set you feel restless until you have aligned others with you. ...
  25. (COMMAND) A mnemonic used to remember how orders at sea are to be given: Confuse Obscure Mispronounce Mumble Abbreviate Nasalize Drool.