command
/kəˈmænd/ verb C2- To order, to give orders; to compel or direct with authority. · The soldier was commanded to cease firing.· The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.
- To have or exercise supreme power, control, or authority (especially military over; to have under direction or control. · to command an army or a ship
- To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin. · he commanded silence
- to dominate through ability, resources, position, etc.; to overlook. · Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)· This observation deck commands a breathtaking view of San Francisco Bay.
- To exact, compel, or secure by influence; to deserve, claim. · A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.· Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.
- To hold; to control the use of. · The fort commanded the bay.· December 1699, Joseph Addison, letter to William Congreve One [side] commands a view of the finest garden.
Plural command · He/she/it commands · Past commanded · Past participle commanded · -ing form commanding
Verb forms
- Base form
- command
- He/she/it
- commands
- Past
- commanded
- Past participle
- commanded
- -ing form
- commanding
From the library
Scarcely was the captain’s breath out of his body when he assumed the command without consulting anyone, and he caused us to lose a day and a half at the Island of Elba, instead of making for Marseilles direct.”
“As to taking command of the vessel,” replied Morrel, “that was his duty as captain’s mate; as to losing a day and a half off the Island of Elba, he was wrong, unless the vessel needed repairs.”
“But tell me, Dantès, if you had command of the Pharaon should you be glad to see Danglars remain?”
Morrel appeared and was saluted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the crew of the Pharaon, who hailed the visit of the shipowner as a sure indication that the man whose wedding feast he thus delighted to honor would ere long be first in command of the ship; and as Dantès was universally beloved on board his vessel, the sailors put no restraint on their tumultuous joy at finding that the opinion and choice of their superiors so exactly coincided with their own.
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