1. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
   - bid, bidding, dictation 
2. 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. (computer science) 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
   - dominate, overlook, overtop 
5. Exercise authoritative control or power over
   "Command the military forces"
   - control

Derived forms: commanding, commands, commanded

See also: commandant, commander, commandment

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]

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