command

com|mand1 [ kə`mænd ] noun ***

1. ) count an official order:

Are you refusing to obey my commands?

a ) an instruction that you give to a computer to make it do something:

the log-on command

2. ) uncount control of a group of people, especially in the military:

in command: Franco was in overall command of the military.

be under someone's command: The battleship is under the command of Captain Blake.

a ) control of something such as a situation or your feelings:

take command (of something): The home team soon took command of the game.

in command of yourself/your emotions etc.: He tries to project the image of a man in command of himself.

3. ) count a section of the armed forces that does a particular job and has its own leader

a ) a group of officers who control a section of an army, navy, or air force

at your command

if you have something such as a skill at your command, you are able to use it well:

You will need to use all the tact at your command.

command of something

knowledge of a particular subject, especially the ability to speak a foreign language:

She has an excellent command of Russian.

command

com|mand 2 [ kə`mænd ] verb **

▸ 1 be leader/in charge

▸ 2 order someone to do something

▸ 3 have/get respect

▸ 4 have (high) price/value

▸ 5 have view

1. ) transitive to be the leader of a group of people, especially in the military:

a platoon commanded by Lt. John F. Williams

a ) to be in charge of an activity that involves a group of people, especially in the military:

Lovell commanded the Apollo 13 mission to the moon.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to officially order someone to do something:

command someone to do something: He commanded his men to retreat.

command that: The King commanded that she be executed.

3. ) transitive to have something such as people's respect or attention:

He commands the respect of everyone who works for him.

4. ) transitive FORMAL to have a particular price or value, especially a high one:

Ivory still commands a very high price.

5. ) transitive FORMAL if a place commands a view, you can see that view from it