Command

[kə'mɑːnd] or [kə'mænd]

Definition

(noun.) availability for use; 'the materials at the command of the potters grew'.

(noun.) the power or authority to command; 'an admiral in command'.

(noun.) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; 'a good command of French'.

(noun.) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something.

(noun.) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer.

(noun.) a position of highest authority; 'the corporation has just undergone a change in command'.

(verb.) make someone do something.

(verb.) be in command of; 'The general commanded a huge army'.

(verb.) demand as one's due; 'This speaker commands a high fee'; 'The author commands a fair hearing from his readers'.

Edited by Everett--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

(v. t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.

(v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.

(v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.

(v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.

(v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

(v. i.) To have a view, as from a superior position.

(n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

(n.) The possession or exercise of authority.

(n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

(n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.

(n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.

(n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

Typist: Marcus

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Order, direct, bid, charge, require, enjoin.[2]. Rule, govern, sway, control, lead, preside over.[3]. Claim, challenge.[4]. Overlook, have under range of vision.

v. n. Govern, rule, exercise authority, have control, take the lead, rule the roost.

n. [1]. Order, direction, injunction, mandate, behest, bidding, charge, requisition, commandment, word of command.[2]. Rule, sway, authority, power, dominion, government, control, ascendancy, supremacy.

Typed by Brandon

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See MANDATE]

SYN:Order, direct, instruct, charge, bid, enjoin

ANT:Supplicate, entreat, persuade, beg, petition, suggest, represent

Checker: Victoria

Definition

v.t. to order: to bid: to exercise supreme authority over: (Shak.) to demand: to cause to act: (Shak.) to exact: to have within sight influence or control.—v.i. to have chief authority: to govern.—n. an order: authority: message: the ability to overlook or influence: the thing commanded.—ns. Commandant′ an officer who has the command of a place or of a body of troops Commandant′ship.—v.t. Commandeer′ to compel to military service.—ns. Command′er one who commands: an officer in the navy next in rank under a captain; Command′er-in-chief the highest staff appointment in the British army: the officer in supreme command of an army or of the entire forces of the state; Command′ership; Command′ery the district under a commander specially used in connection with the Templars the Hospitallers and other religious orders.—adj. Command′ing fitted to impress or control.—adv. Command′ingly.—n. Command′ment a command: a precept.—Commander of the Faithful a title of the caliphs.—At Command available for use; On command under orders.—Ten Commandments the ten Mosaic laws: (slang) the ten finger-nails used by women in fighting.

Editor: Maggie