- command⇄adj. controlled or directed by a central authority.
Ex. a command economy. People in Mexico ... are detemined to get beyond this kind of Mafia-style command capitalism (Rolling Stone). - command⇄command, verb, noun, adjective.
- command⇄expr. at one's command, at one's disposal; available.
Ex. Yet has he seldom a guinea at command (Sir Richard Steele). - command⇄noun 1a. an order; direction.
Ex. The soldiers obeyed the captain's command.
(SYN) charge, injunction, mandate.
b. an oral order in prescribed words given to troops, especially at drill.
2. the possession of authority; power; c - command⇄v.i. 1. to give orders; issue commands.
Ex. He was a natural leader, and when he commanded, everyone obeyed.
2. to have power; exercise authority; rule; control.
Ex. Some men are born to command.
3. to act as commander.
Ex - command⇄v.t. 1. to give an order to; order; direct.
Ex. The captain commanded the soldiers to fire.
2. to prescribe with authority; ordain; require.
Ex. I commanded that the gates should be shut (Nehemiah 13:19).
3. to be in authority o