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command
[ kuh-mand, -mahnd ]
verb (used with object)
- to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order:
The captain commanded his men to attack.
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Antonyms:
- to require authoritatively; demand:
She commanded silence.
- to have or exercise authority or control over; be master of; have at one's bidding or disposal:
The Pharaoh commanded 10,000 slaves.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- to deserve and receive (respect, sympathy, attention, etc.):
He commands much respect for his attitude.
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- to dominate by reason of location; overlook:
The hill commands the sea.
- to have authority over and responsibility for (a military or naval unit or installation); be in charge of.
verb (used without object)
- to issue an order or orders.
- to be in charge; have authority.
- to occupy a dominating position; look down upon or over a body of water, region, etc.
noun
- the act of commanding or ordering.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- an order given by one in authority:
The colonel gave the command to attack.
- Military.
- an order in prescribed words, usually given in a loud voice to troops at close-order drill:
The command was 鈥淩ight shoulder arms!鈥
- the order of execution or the second part of any two-part close-order drill command, as face in Right face!
- Command, a principal component of the U.S. Air Force:
Strategic Air Command.
- a body of troops or a station, ship, etc., under a commander.
- the possession or exercise of controlling authority:
a lieutenant in command of a platoon.
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He has a command of French, Russian, and German.
- British. a royal order.
- power of dominating a region by reason of location; extent of view or outlook:
the command of the valley from the hill.
- Computers.
- an electric impulse, signal, or set of signals for initiating an operation in a computer.
- a character, symbol, or item of information for instructing a computer to perform a specific task.
- a single instruction.
adjective
- of, relating to, or for use in the exercise of command: command post.
a command car;
command post.
- of or relating to a commander:
a command decision.
- ordered by a sovereign, as if by a sovereign, or by the exigencies of a situation:
a command performance.
command
1/ 办蓹藞尘蓱藧苍诲 /
verb
- when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive to order, require, or compel
- to have or be in control or authority over (a person, situation, etc)
- tr to have knowledge or use of
he commands the language
- tr to receive as due or because of merit
his nature commands respect
- to dominate (a view, etc) as from a height
noun
- an order; mandate
- the act of commanding
- the power or right to command
- the exercise of the power to command
- ability or knowledge; control
a command of French
- military the jurisdiction of a commander
- a military unit or units commanding a specific area or function, as in the RAF
- an invitation from the monarch
- ( as modifier )
a command performance
- computing a word or phrase that can be selected from a menu or typed after a prompt in order to carry out an action
Command
2/ 办蓹藞尘蓱藧苍诲 /
noun
- any of the three main branches of the Canadian military forces
Air Command
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠辞尘尘补苍诲顎僡路产濒别 adjective
- 辫谤别顎卌辞尘路尘补苍诲顎 noun verb
- 耻苍顎卌辞尘路尘补苍诲顎侥诲 adjective
- 飞别濒濒顎-肠辞尘路尘补苍诲顎侥诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of command1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of command1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with command , also see have a good command .Example Sentences
Before the seat was reconfigured, some of the villages sat in areas held by the Conservatives before 2017 and the party's fighting this by-election with the hope of showing it can still command support.
The jury praised her "unique command of material, colour and gesture and her highly attuned responses to architectural space".
Air Operations command center in Van Nuys will serve as the Rams鈥 NFL draft headquarters as the team looks to honor first responders.
This is a disappointing outfit desperately in need of a field leader, a staunch huddle general who can command loyalty and model integrity and win the battles.
His first act as defense secretary was to fire the top women and Black leaders in the chain of command, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, whose record of accomplishment was stellar.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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