command
 com·mand (kə-măndʹ)v. com·mand·ed, com·mand·ing, com·mandsv. 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.
5.
a. To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over: “He commands any room he enters” (Stephen Schiff).
b. 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.
4.
a. The authority to command:
an admiral in command.
b. Possession and exercise of the authority to command:
command of the seas.
5. Ability to control or use; mastery:
command of four languages.
6. Dominance by location; extent of view.
7.
a. The jurisdiction of a commander.
b. A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.
c. 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·mandʹa·ble adj.
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