command
Roget category 741
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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Command
noun
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.
verb
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.
n..
adjective
commanding
etc.
v. —
authoritative
etc.
737 —
decretory†,
decretive†,
decretal† —
callable,
jussive†.
adverb
in a commanding tone —
by a stroke of the pen,
by a dash of the pen —
by order,
at beat of drum,
on the first summons.
phrase
the decree is gone forth —
sic volo sic jubeo [Lat.] —
le Roi le veut [Fr.] —
boutez en avant [Fr.].
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Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.
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