Definition of Command

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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.

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Command Quotations

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
Albert Einstein

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Tony Robbins

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.
Mohandas Gandhi

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Always do everything you ask of those you command.
George S. Patton

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.
Colin Powell

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
Walt Whitman

Forgiveness is God's command.
Martin Luther

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Saint Augustine

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Niccolo Machiavelli

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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