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com⋅mand⋅ing

  [kuh-man-ding, -mahn-]
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–adjective
1. being in command: a commanding officer.
2. appreciably superior or imposing; winning; sizable: a commanding position; a commanding lead in the final period.
3. having the air, tone, etc., of command; imposing; authoritative: a man of commanding appearance; a commanding voice.
4. dominating by position, usually elevation; overlooking: a commanding bluff at the mouth of the river.
5. (of a view, or prospect) provided by a commanding location and so permitting dominance: a commanding view of the mouth of the river.
Origin:
1475–85; command + -ing 2

Related forms:
com⋅mand⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
com⋅mand⋅ing⋅ness, noun

com⋅mand

  [kuh-mand, -mahnd]
–verb (used with object)
1. to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order: The captain commanded his men to attack.
2. to require authoritatively; demand: She commanded silence.
3. to have or exercise authority or control over; be master of; have at one's bidding or disposal: The Pharaoh commanded 10,000 slaves.
4. to deserve and receive (respect, sympathy, attention, etc.): He commands much respect for his attitude.
5. to dominate by reason of location; overlook: The hill commands the sea.
6. to have authority over and responsibility for (a military or naval unit or installation); be in charge of.
–verb (used without object)
7. to issue an order or orders.
8. to be in charge; have authority.
9. to occupy a dominating position; look down upon or over a body of water, region, etc.
–noun
10. the act of commanding or ordering.
11. an order given by one in authority: The colonel gave the command to attack.
12. Military.
a. an order in prescribed words, usually given in a loud voice to troops at close-order drill: The command was “Right shoulder arms!”
b. the order of execution or the second part of any two-part close-order drill command, as face in Right face!
c. (initial capital letter) a principal component of the U.S. Air Force: Strategic Air Command.
d. a body of troops or a station, ship, etc., under a commander.
13. the possession or exercise of controlling authority: a lieutenant in command of a platoon.
14. expertise; mastery: He has a command of French, Russian, and German.
15. British. a royal order.
16. power of dominating a region by reason of location; extent of view or outlook: the command of the valley from the hill.
17. Computers.
a. an electric impulse, signal, or set of signals for initiating an operation in a computer.
b. a character, symbol, or item of information for instructing a computer to perform a specific task.
c. a single instruction.
–adjective
18. of, pertaining to, or for use in the exercise of command: a command car; command post.
19. of or pertaining to a commander: a command decision.
20. ordered by a sovereign, as if by a sovereign, or by the exigencies of a situation: a command performance.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME coma(u)nden < AF com(m)a(u)nder, OF comander < ML commandāre, equiv. to L com- com- + mandāre to entrust, order (cf. commend ); (n.) late ME comma(u)nde < AF, OF, n. deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
command⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. bid, demand, charge, instruct, enjoin. See direct. 3. govern, control, oversee, manage, lead. See rule. 4. exact, compel, require, claim, secure. 10. direction, bidding, injunction, charge, mandate, instruction. 13. ascendancy, sway, domination.

Antonyms:
1, 7. obey.
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com·mand   (kə-mānd')   
v.   com·mand·ed, com·mand·ing, com·mands

v.   tr.
  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.
    1. To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over: "He commands any room he enters" (Stephen Schiff).
    2. To dominate by physical position; overlook: a mountain commanding the valley below.
v.   intr.
  1. To give orders.
  2. To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.
n.  
  1. The act of commanding.
  2. An order given with authority.
  3. Computer Science A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.
    1. The authority to command: an admiral in command.
    2. Possession and exercise of the authority to command: command of the seas.
    3. The jurisdiction of a commander.
    4. A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.
    5. A unit of the U.S. Air Force that is larger than an air force.
  5. Ability to control or use; mastery: command of four languages.
  6. Dominance by location; extent of view.
    1. The jurisdiction of a commander.
    2. A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.
    3. A unit of the U.S. Air Force that is larger than an air force.
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or constituting a command: command headquarters; a command decision.
  2. Done or performed in response to a command: a command performance.

[Middle English commaunden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Latin mandāre, to entrust; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
com·mand'a·ble adj.
com·mand·ing   (kə-mān'dĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Having command; controlling.
  2. Dominating, as by magnitude or position: took a commanding lead at the polls; a commanding view of the ocean.
com·mand'ing·ly adv., com·mand'ing·ness n.
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Commanding

Com*mand"ing\, a. 1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.

3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.

Syn: Authoritative; imperative; imperious.
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Language Translation for : Commanding
Spanish: autoritario,
German: gebieterisch,
Japanese: 堂々とした
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