noun
- An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
- A military unit or region under the control of a single officer.
- The power or authority to command.
- usage: "an admiral in command"
- Availability for use.
- usage: "the materials at the command of the potters grew"
- A position of highest authority.
- usage: "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
- Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity.
- usage: "a good command of French"
- Computer science. ( a line of code written as part of a computer program)
- synonyms: instruction, statement, program line
verb
- Be in command of.
- usage: "The general commanded a huge army"
- Make someone do something.
- synonyms: require
- Demand as one's due.
- usage: "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
- Look down on.
- usage: "The villa dominates the town"
- Exercise authoritative control or power over.
- usage: "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
- synonyms: control
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