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1. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
   - bid, bidding, dictation
    
2. (military) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
    
3. The power or authority to command
   "an admiral in command"
    
4. Availability for use
   "the materials at the command of the potters grew"
    
5. A position of highest authority
   "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
    
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
   - instruction, statement, program line

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

Derived forms: commanded, commanding, commands

Type of: accessibility, authorisation [Brit], authority, authorization, availability, availableness, code, computer code, demand, 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