command
noun
1 command
An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
synonyms: bid, bidding, dictation.
Roget 741:
command,
order,
ordinance,
act,
fiat,
hukm†,
bidding,
dictum,
hest†,
behest,
call,
beck,
nod.
despatch,
dispatch;
message,
direction,
injunction,
charge,
instructions;
appointment,
fixture.
demand,
exaction,
imposition,
requisition,
claim,
reclamation,
revendication†;
ultimatum
etc.
(terms)
770;
request
etc.
765;
requirement.
dictation;
dictate,
mandate;
caveat,
decree,
senatus consultum [Lat.];
precept;
prescript,
rescript;
writ,
ordination,
bull,
ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.],
edict,
decretal†,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit†,
ukase,
ukaz [Rus.],
firman,
hatti-sherif†,
warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius [Lat.],
interpellation,
citation;
word,
word of command;
mot d'ordre [Fr.];
bugle call,
trumpet call;
beat of drum,
tattoo;
order of the day;
enactment
etc.
(law)
963;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
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Roget 630:
requirement,
need,
wants,
necessities;
necessaries,
necessaries of life;
stress,
exigency,
pinch,
sine qua non,
matter of necessity;
case of need,
case of life or death.
needfulness,
essentiality,
necessity,
indispensability,
urgency.
requisition
etc.
(request)
765,
(exaction)
741;
run upon;
demand,
call for.
charge,
claim,
command,
injunction,
mandate,
order,
precept.
desideratum
etc.
(desire)
865;
want
etc.
(deficiency)
640.
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Dutch: dictee
2 command
A military unit or region under the control of a single officer.
Dutch: opdracht, bevel, commando
Polish: wodza, dowództwo
3 command
The power or authority to command.
Polish: dowództwo
4 command
5 command
A position of highest authority.
Dutch: aanvoering, beschikking, bevel, commando
6 command
Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity:
— A good command of French.
synonyms: control, mastery.
Roget 693:
direction;
management,
managery†;
government,
gubernation†,
conduct,
legislation,
regulation,
guidance;
bossism [U.S.];
legislature;
steerage,
pilotage;
reins,
reins of government;
helm,
rudder,
needle,
compass;
guiding star,
load star,
lode star,
pole star;
cynosure.
supervision,
superintendence;
surveillance,
oversight;
eye of the master;
control,
charge;
board of control
etc.
(council)
696;
command
etc.
(authority)
737.
premiership,
senatorship;
director
etc.
694;
chair,
portfolio.
statesmanship;
statecraft,
kingcraft†,
queencraft†.
ministry,
ministration;
administration;
stewardship,
proctorship†;
agency.
[person who directs]
director
etc.
694.
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Roget 737a:
government,
legal authority,
soveriegn,
sovereign authority;
authority
etc.
737;
master
etc.
745;
direction
etc.
693.
[nations]
national government,
nation,
state,
country,
nation-state,
dominion,
republic,
empire,
union,
democratic republic;
kingdom,
principality.
[subdivisions of nations]
state government [Lat.],
state;
shire [Brit.];
province [Can.];
county [Ire.];
canton [Switz.];
territory [Austral.];
duchy,
archduchy,
archdukedom†;
woiwodshaft;
commonwealth;
region
etc.
181;
property
etc.
780.
[smaller subdivisions]
county,
parish
city,
domain,
tract,
arrondissement [Fr.],
mofussil†,
commune;
wappentake,
hundred,
riding,
lathe,
garth†,
soke†,
tithing;
ward,
precinct,
bailiwick.
command,
empire,
sway,
rule;
dominion,
domination;
sovereignty,
supremacy,
suzerainty;
lordship,
headship†;
chiefdom†;
seigniory,
seigniority†.
rule,
sway,
command,
control,
administer;
govern
etc.
(direct)
693;
lead,
preside over,
reign,
possess the throne,
be seated on the throne,
occupy the throne;
sway the scepter,
wield the scepter;
wear the crown.
state,
realm,
body politic,
posse comitatus [Lat.].
[person in the governing authority]
judicature
etc.
965;
cabinet
etc.
(council)
696;
seat of government,
seat of authority;
headquarters.
[Acquisition of authority]
accession;
installation
etc.
755;
politics
etc.
737.1.
reign,
regime,
dynasty;
directorship,
dictatorship;
protectorate,
protectorship;
caliphate,
pashalic†,
electorate;
presidency,
presidentship†;
administration;
proconsul,
consulship;
prefecture;
seneschalship;
magistrature†,
magistracy.
monarchy;
kinghood†,
kingship;
royalty,
regality;
aristarchy†,
aristocracy;
oligarchy,
democracy,
theocracy,
demagogy;
commonwealth;
dominion;
heteronomy;
republic,
republicanism;
socialism;
collectivism;
mob law,
mobocracy†,
ochlocracy†;
vox populi,
imperium in imperio [Lat.];
bureaucracy;
beadledom†,
bumbledom†;
stratocracy;
military power,
military government,
junta;
feodality†,
feudal system,
feudalism.
thearchy†,
theocracy,
dinarchy†;
duarchy†,
triarchy,
heterarchy†;
duumvirate;
triumvirate;
autocracy,
autonomy;
limited monarchy;
constitutional government,
constitutional monarchy;
home rule;
representative government;
monocracy†,
pantisocracy†.
gynarchy†,
gynocracy†,
gynaeocracy†;
petticoat government.
[government functions]
legislature,
judiciary,
administration.
[Government agencies and institutions]
office of the president,
office of the prime minister,
cabinet;
senate,
house of representatives,
parliament;
council
etc.
696;
courts,
supreme court;
[U.S. national government departments],
state,
interior,
labor,
health and human services,
defense,
education,
agriculture,
justice,
commerce,
treasury;
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
FBI;
Central Intelligence Agency,
CIA;
National Institutes of Health,
NIH;
Postal Service,
Post Office;
Federal Aviation Administration,
FAA.
[national government officials]
president,
vice president,
cabinet member,
prime minister,
minister;
senator,
representatative,
president pro tem [Lat.],
speaker of the house;
department head,
section head,
section chief;
federal judge,
justice,
justice of the supreme court,
chief justice;
treasurer,
secretary of the treasury;
director of the FBI.
[state government officials]
governor,
state cabinet member;
state senator,
assemblyman,
assemblywoman.
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7 command
computer science A line of code written as part of a computer program.
synonyms: instruction, program line, statement.
Dutch: bemerking, verklaring
Polish: instrukcja
verb
1 command
Be in command of.
Roget 741:
command,
order,
decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate,
direct,
give orders.
prescribe,
set,
appoint,
mark out;
set a task,
prescribe a task,
impose a task;
set to work,
put in requisition.
bid,
enjoin,
charge,
call upon,
instruct;
require at the hands of;
exact,
impose,
tax,
task;
demand;
insist on
etc.
(compel)
744.
claim,
lay claim to,
revendicate†,
reclaim.
cite,
summon;
call for,
send for;
subpoena;
beckon.
issue a command;
make a requisition,
issue a requisition,
promulgate a requisition,
make a decree,
issue a decree,
promulgate a decree,
make an order,
issue an order,
promulgate an order
etc.
n.;
give the word of command,
give the word,
give the signal;
call to order;
give the law,
lay down the law;
assume the command
etc.
(authority)
737;
remand.
be ordered
&c.;
receive an order
etc.
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Roget 777:
possess,
have,
hold,
occupy,
enjoy;
be possessed of
etc.
adj.;
have in hand
etc.
adj.;
own
etc.
780;
command.
inherit;
come to,
come in for.
engross,
monopolize,
forestall,
regrate†,
impropriate†,
have all to oneself;
corner;
have a firmhold of
etc.
(retain)
781†;
get into one's hand
etc.
(acquire)
775.
belong to,
appertain to,
pertain to;
be in one's possession
etc.
adj.;
vest in.
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Dutch: commanderen
2 command
Make someone do something.
synonym: require.
Dutch: bevelen, commanderen, dicteren, gebieden, gelasten, ordonneren, prescriberen, verordonneren, voorschrijven
3 command
4 command
Look down on.
synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop.
Roget 206:
be high
etc.
adj.;
tower,
soar,
command;
hover,
hover over,
fly over;
orbit,
be in orbit;
cap,
culminate;
overhang,
hang over,
impend,
beetle,
bestride,
ride,
mount;
perch,
surmount;
cover
etc.
223;
overtop
etc.
(be superior)
33;
stand on tiptoe.
become high
etc.
adj.;
grow higher,
grow taller;
upgrow†;
rise
etc.
(ascend)
305;
send into orbit.
render high
etc.
adj.;
heighten
etc.
(elevate)
307.
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Dutch: neerkijken, neerzien
5 command
Exercise authoritative control or power over:
— Command the military forces.
synonym: control.
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