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com·mand / kəˈmand/ • v. [tr.] 1. give an authoritative order: a gruff voice commanded us to enter. ∎ [intr.] give orders: she commands and we obey. ∎ [intr.] have authority: someone born to command. ∎ Mil. have authority over; be in charge of (a unit). ∎ dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height: the two castles commanded the harbor. ∎ archaic control or restrain (oneself or one's feelings). 2. be in a strong enough position to secure: no party commanded a majority. ∎ deserve and receive: a moral force that commanded respect. • n. an authoritative order. ∎ Comput. an instruction or signal that causes a computer to perform one of its basic functions. ∎ authority, esp. over armed forces: an officer took command. ∎ [in sing.] the ability to use or control something: he had a brilliant command of English. ∎ [treated as sing. or pl.] Mil. a group of officers exercising control over a particular group or operation. ∎ Mil. a body of troops or a district under the control of a particular officer. . PHRASES: at someone's command at someone's disposal; available. |
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"command." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "command." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-command.html "command." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-command.html |
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command v.
1. give an authoritative order. 2. have authority over; be in charge of (a unit): he commanded a battalion at Normandy. 3. dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height: the two castles commanded the harbor. 4. be in a strong enough position to secure: no party commanded a majority. 5. deserve and receive: a moral force that commanded respect. n. 1. an authoritative order: it's unlikely they'll obey your commands. 2. authority, especially over armed forces: an officer took command | who's in command? | we will have nearly thirty thousand people under our command. 3. a group of officers exercising control over a particular group or operation. 4. a body of troops or a district under the control of a particular officer. |
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"command." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "command." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-command.html "command." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-command.html |
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command vb. XIII. ME. com(m)a(u)nde — AN. comaunder, OF. comander (mod. comm-) :- late L. commandāre, f. COM- (intensive) + mandāre enjoin; see MANDATE.
Hence command sb. XVI. So commandant XVII. — F., or It., etc. commander, commandment XIII. — OF. commando (orig. S. Africa) military party, raid. XIX. — Pg. |
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T. F. HOAD. "command." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "command." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-command.html T. F. HOAD. "command." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-command.html |
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command
1. See job-control language. 2. Obsolete name for instruction or statement, i.e. the elementary unit from which a program is built up. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "command." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "command." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-command.html JOHN DAINTITH. "command." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-command.html |
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Command
Commanda military or naval force; a body of troops under a commander, 1592. |
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"Command." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Command." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300364.html "Command." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300364.html |
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command
•command, demand, remand
•reprimand • countermand
•amend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, depend, emend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, lend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, portend, rend, reprehend, scrag-end, send, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, upend, vend, weekend, wend
•U-bend • dividend • bookend
•ill-omened • bin-end • stipend
•penfriend • boyfriend • girlfriend
•godsend • parascend • repetend
•ingrained, self-contained, self-restrained, self-sustained, unascertained, unconstrained, undertrained, undrained, unexplained, unfeigned, unrestrained, unstained, unstrained, unsustained, untrained
•crackbrained • harebrained
•featherbrained • tearstained
•fiend, unscreened, unweaned
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"command." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "command." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-command.html "command." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-command.html |
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