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com·mand·ing (kə-măńdĭng)

adjective 

  1. Having command; controlling.
  2. Dominating, as by magnitude or position: took a commanding lead at the polls; a commanding view of the ocean.

derivatives

com·mand́ing·ly
adverb
com·mand́ing·ness
noun
com·mand (kə-mănd́)

[Middle English commaunden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com–, + Latin mandāre, to entrust.]

verb: -mand·ed, -mand·ing, -mands. 

transitive verb 

  1. To direct with authority; give orders to.
  2. To have control or authority over; rule: a general who commands an army.
  3. To have at one's disposal: a person who commands seven languages.
  4. To deserve and receive as due; exact: The troops' bravery commanded respect.
    1. To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over: “He commands any room he enters” (Stephen Schiff)
    2. To dominate by physical position; overlook: a mountain commanding the valley below.

intransitive verb 

  1. To give orders.
  2. To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.

noun 

  1. The act of commanding.
  2. An order given with authority.
  3. Computer Science A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.
    1. The authority to command: an admiral in command.
    2. Possession and exercise of the authority to command: command of the seas.
  5. Ability to control or use; mastery: command of four languages.
  6. Dominance by location; extent of view.
    1. The jurisdiction of a commander.
    2. A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.
    3. A unit of the U.S. Air Force that is larger than an air force.

adjective 

  1. Of, relating to, or constituting a command: command headquarters; a command decision.
  2. Done or performed in response to a command: a command performance.

derivatives

com·mand́a·ble
adjective