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com·mand·ing

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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 + -ing²

]

—Related forms

com·mand·ing·ly, adverb

com·mand·ing·ness, noun

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com·mand Audio Help   (kə-mānd') Pronunciation Key
v.   com·mand·ed, com·mand·ing, com·mands

v.   tr.

To direct with authority; give orders to.
To have control or authority over; rule: a general who commands an army.
To have at one's disposal: a person who commands seven languages.
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.

To give orders.
To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.

The act of commanding.
An order given with authority.
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.
Ability to control or use; mastery: command of four languages.
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.

Of, relating to, or constituting a command: command headquarters; a command decision.
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.

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com·mand·ing Audio Help (kə-mān'dĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Having command; controlling.
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
adjective
used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"

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comˈmanding1 adjective

impressive
Example: He has a commanding appearance.

Arabic:	مُأَثِّر، سائِد
Chinese (Simplified):	威严的
Chinese (Traditional):	威嚴的
Czech:	impozantní
Danish:	imponerende
Dutch:	indrukwekkend
Estonian:	aukartust äratav
Finnish:	vaikuttava
French:	imposant
German:	gebieterisch
Greek:	επιβλητικός
Hungarian:	impozáns
Icelandic:	áhrifamikill
Indonesian:	mengesankan, berwibawa
Italian:	imponente

Japanese:	堂々とした
Korean:	위엄 있는
Latvian:	komandējošs; iespaidīgs
Lithuanian:	įspūdingas
Norwegian:	kommanderende, hersker-, bydende
Polish:	imponujący
Portuguese (Brazil):	imponente
Portuguese (Portugal):	imponente
Romanian:	impozant, impresionant
Russian:	внушительный
Slovak:	impozantný
Slovenian:	mogočen, silen
Spanish:	autoritario
Swedish:	vördnadsbjudande, imponerande
Turkish:	etkileyici

comˈmanding2 adjective

with a wide view
Example: The house had a commanding position on the hill.

Arabic:	مُشْرِف
Chinese (Simplified):	居高临下的
Chinese (Traditional):	視野開闊的
Czech:	dominující
Danish:	åben; have en vid udsigt
Dutch:	die de omtrek bestrijkt
Estonian:	valdav
Finnish:	hallitseva
French:	dominant
German:	beherrschend
Greek:	που δεσπόζει
Hungarian:	panorámás
Icelandic:	sem gnæfir yfir og gefur vítt útsÿni
Indonesian:	dengan pemandangan luas
Italian:	dominante

Japanese:	見晴らしのよい
Korean:	전망이 좋은
Latvian:	dominējošs
Lithuanian:	išsiskiriantis
Norwegian:	som har vid utsikt, åpen
Polish:	dominujący
Portuguese (Brazil):	dominante
Portuguese (Portugal):	sobranceiro
Romanian:	de unde se poate admira toată priveliştea
Russian:	доминирующий
Slovak:	dominantný
Slovenian:	dominanten
Spanish:	dominante
Swedish:	med fri och öppen utsikt
Turkish:	hâkim

See also: commander, commandment, commander-in-chief, command, commandant

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Commanding

Com*mand"\ (?; 61), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Commanding.] [OE. comaunden, commanden, OF. comander, F. commander, fr. L. com- + mandare to commit to, to command. Cf. Commend, Mandate.]

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

We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. --Bacon.

Go to your mistress: Say, I command her come to me. --Shak.

2. To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries. --Macaulay.

Such aid as I can spare you shall command. --Shak.

3. To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. --Motley.

Up to the eastern tower, Whose height commands as subject all the vale. --Shak.

One side commands a view of the finest garden. --Addison.

4. To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.

'Tis not in mortals to command success. --Addison.

5. To direct to come; to bestow. [Obs.]

I will command my blessing upon you. --Lev. xxv. 21.

Syn: To bid; order; direct; dictate; charge; govern; rule; overlook.

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