Command

English Meaning

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

1. To direct with authority; give orders to.
2. To have control or authority over; rule: a general who commands an army.
3. To have at one's disposal: a person who commands seven languages.
4. To deserve and receive as due; exact: The troops' bravery commanded respect.
5. To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over: "He commands any room he enters” ( Stephen Schiff).
6. To dominate by physical position; overlook: a mountain commanding the valley below.
7. To give orders.
8. To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.
9. The act of commanding.
10. An order given with authority.
11. Computer Science A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.
12. The authority to command: an admiral in command.
13. Possession and exercise of the authority to command: command of the seas.
14. Ability to control or use; mastery: command of four languages.
15. Dominance by location; extent of view.
16. The jurisdiction of a commander.
17. A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.
18. A unit of the U.S. Air Force that is larger than an air force.
19. Of, relating to, or constituting a command: command headquarters; a command decision.
20. Done or performed in response to a command: a command performance.