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command

Nouns

• (n) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something bid, bidding, dictation,
• (n) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
• (n) the power or authority to command
  • an admiral in command
• (n) availability for use
  • the materials at the command of the potters grew
• (n) a position of highest authority
  • the corporation has just undergone a change in command
• (n) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
  • a good command of French
  mastery, control,
• (n) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program program line, instruction, statement,

Verbs

• (v) be in command of
  • The general commanded a huge army
• (v) make someone do something require,
• (v) demand as one's due
  • This speaker commands a high fee
  • The author commands a fair hearing from his readers
• (v) look down on
  • The villa dominates the town
  overtop, overlook, dominate,
• (v) exercise authoritative control or power over
  • control the budget
  • Command the military forces
  control,

Synonyms

bid bidding dictation require overtop overlook dominate control mastery program line instruction statement

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