command

Forms

1.An order to do something.
- I was given a command to cease shooting.
2.The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- It wasn't a decisive operation, and Carthage still had command of Spain.
- GAGE, at that time, had command of troops near the lakes; and fearing an attack from the Indians, had called for some new recruits from Massachusetts; but the Assembly judged them not necessary.
3.power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- The Indians had command of the lands and the waters, command of all their beneficial use, whether kept for hunting, 'and grazing roving herds of stock,' or turned to agriculture and the arts of civilization.
4.A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- General Smith was placed in command.

1.To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- The soldier was commanded to cease firing.
- The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.
- Go to your mistress: / Say, I command her come to me.
2.To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
- Such aid as I can spare you shall command.
- Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.
3.To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
4.to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- This observation deck commands a breathtaking view of San Francisco Bay.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Proto-Italic *manuðō

Latin mandō

Latin commendō

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