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Definition of Command

Command To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge. To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead. To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook. 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. To direct to come; to bestow. To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders. To have a view, as from a superior position. An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction. The possession or exercise of authority. Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command. Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey. Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge. A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer. Related Definitions: Access, An, And, Any, As, At, Authoritative, Authority, Best, Bestow, Bid, Body, Bridge, By, Challenge, Charge, Claim, Come, Command, Control, Direct, Disposal, Dominate, Due, Exercise, Force, Fort, From, Give, Goods, Govern, Guard, Have, His, Has, If, Influence, Injunction, Justice, Lay, Lead, Leadership, Mandate, Military, Nature, Naval, Obedience, Obtain, Of, Officer, One, Or, Order, Ordering, Over, Overlook, Particular, People, Position, Possession, Post, Power, Price, Receive, Requiring, Respect, Right, Scope, Something, Sphere, Superior, Survey, Sway, Temper, Territory, The, To, Under, Upon, View, Vision, Voice, Whole, With, Within

Command Quotations Those who can command themselves command others. William Hazlitt Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! Albert Einstein It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. Victor Hugo We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. Francis Bacon When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver

Command Translations command in Danish is befaling command in Dutch is bevelen, aanvoeren, commanderen command in German is kommandiere, Befehl, Befehl command in Italian is comandare, comando, dominare command in Latin is duco, imperium, nutus, praesieo-sedi-ere, mando command in Portuguese is comando, mando, ordem command in Spanish is gobernar, precepto, acaudillar

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