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UK
/kəmˈɑːnd/
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[ US /kəˈmænd/ ]
[ US /kəˈmænd/ ]
VERB
-
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
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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
- Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
- 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
- Though stiff-necked and officious, the commanders aren't demonized nor singled out for blame.
- Still, it's nowhere near what he would command on the free-agent market.
- The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
- On the evening of 24 May 1941, British lieutenant commander Malcolm Wanklyn, in command of the submarine Upholder, sighted an enemy troop convoy strongly escorted by destroyers off Sicily.
