1. Be in command of
   "The general commanded a huge army"
    
2. Make someone do something
   "The law commands citizens to pay taxes";
   - require
    
3. Demand as one's due
   "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
    
4. Exercise authoritative control or power over
   "Command the military forces";
   - control
    
5. Look down on
   "The villa commands the town";
   - dominate, overlook, overtop

1. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
   "The general's command was to advance at dawn";
   - bid, bidding, dictation
    
2. (military) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
   "The general assumed command of the Pacific fleet"
    
3. The power or authority to command
   "an admiral in command"
    
4. A position of highest authority
   "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
    
5. Availability for use
   "the materials at the command of the potters grew"
    
6. Great skilfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
   "a good command of French";
   - control, mastery
    
7. (computing) a line of code written as part of a computer program
   "The bug was caused by a single incorrect command";
   - instruction, statement, program line

Derived forms: commands, commanded, commanding

Type of: accessibility, authorisation [Brit], authority, authorization, availability, availableness, code, computer code, demand, direct, dominance, dominate, enjoin, exact, force, handiness, lie, master, military force, military group, military unit, order, position, potency, say, say-so, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer], speech act, status, tell

Part of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Command, control, communications