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Definition of Commanding
Commanding

of Command

Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.

Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.

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Commanding Quotations

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Thomas Carlyle

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.
Adelbert von Chamisso

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
Carl Sandburg

You talked about national identity cards and the terrorism bill. We have made a government that has grown used to viewing us as subjects, has grown used to seeing its role as commanding us.
Malcolm Wallop

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.
Arnold Palmer

Commanding Translations

commanding in German is befehlend, kommandierend
commanding in Spanish is imponente


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