verb
- Be in command of.
- usage: "The general commanded a huge army"
- synonyms: command
- Make someone do something.
- Demand as one's due.
- usage: "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
- synonyms: command
- Look down on.
- usage: "The villa dominates the town"
- Exercise authoritative control or power over.
- usage: "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
adjective
- Used of a height or viewpoint.
- usage: "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
- synonyms: dominating, overlooking
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