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UK
/kəmˈɑːnd/
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[ US /kəˈmænd/ ]
[ US /kəˈmænd/ ]
VERB
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be in command of
The general commanded a huge army -
demand as one's due
The author commands a fair hearing from his readers
This speaker commands a high fee -
exercise authoritative control or power over
Command the military forces
control the budget -
look down on
The villa dominates the town - make someone do something
NOUN
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availability for use
the materials at the command of the potters grew -
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
a good command of French - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
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a position of highest authority
the corporation has just undergone a change in command -
the power or authority to command
an admiral in command - a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
How To Use command In A Sentence
- Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
- You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
- A few days after, they brought the intelligence that Barbarina had returned; and the councillor dwelt with her in her new house; and the servants were commanded to call the signora Madame Cocceji. as she was his well-beloved and trusted wife. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends
- It had multiple shooters, multiple locations, mobile threats, willingness to fight the first responders and follow-on SWAT/commando units, well-equipped and well-trained operatives, and a willingness to die. Cliff Schecter: The Terrorist and the Terror Watch List
- Except for the frequent conferences now in the new Forty-second Street offices that commanded a view of two rivers and a vast battledoor and shuttlecock of the city, it was the first time in all those years that stretched from the night at the Waldorf that they had sat thus tête-à-tête. Star-Dust
- It was during the 1939-45 war, that the Royal Marines took on a commando role, linking the regiment to the Army Commandos that already existed.
- With very few exceptions, however, Cabernet Sauvignon was left to command California's highest wine prices, Merlot to swell sales volumes.
- The commander was an English gentleman Communist, the kind that he had come to think of as the deadliest. THE WHITE DOVE
- Promoted to Commander/05 (22 October 2009), currently in refresher flight training (jets) with Training Wing JOSEPH ANTHONY ROSSI
