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word command
definition
verb
If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
He commanded his troops to attack.
'Get in your car and follow me,' he commanded.
He commanded that roads be built to link castles across the land.
'Don't panic,' I commanded myself.
The tanker failed to respond to a command to stop.
I closed my eyes at his command.
...the note of command in his voice.
If you command something such as respect or obedience, you obtain it because you are popular, famous, or important .
...an excellent physician who commanded the respect of all his colleagues.
There is no limit to what can be achieved here because of the fantastic support we command.
If an army or country commands a place, they have total control over it.
The Royal Navy would command the seas.
Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
...the struggle for command of the air.
An officer who commands part of an army, navy, or air force is responsible for controlling and organizing it.
...the French general who commands the U.N. troops in the region.
He didn't just command. He personally fought in several heavy battles.
...a small garrison under the command of Major James Craig.
He took command of 108 Squadron.
If a place commands a view, especially an impressive one, you can see the view clearly from that place. If a person commands a view of something, they can see it clearly from where they are.
The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.
...a point of rock, from which we could command a view of the loch.
noun
In the armed forces, a command is a group of officers who are responsible for organizing and controlling part of an army, navy, or air force.
He had authorisation from the military command to retaliate.
The army's supreme command has said the army will withdraw.
In the armed forces, a command is a group of soldiers that a particular officer is in charge of.
There would continue to be a joint command of U.S. and Saudi forces operating within Saudi borders.
...the Strategic Air Command.
In computing, a command is an instruction that you give to a computer.
If someone has command of a situation, they have control of it because they have, or seem to have, power or authority.
Whoever was waiting for them there had command of the situation.
Mr Baker would take command of the campaign.
It was his senior partner who was in command.
Your command of something, such as a foreign language, is your knowledge of it and your ability to use this knowledge.
His command of English was excellent.
...a singer with a natural command of melody.
inflections commandscommandingcommanded
cefr-level B2

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