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command [kəˈmænd]

1 command verb
  • to give (someone) an order : to tell (someone) to do something in a forceful and often official way
  • to have authority and control over (a group of people, such as soldiers)
  • to deserve or be able to get or receive (something)
2 command noun
  • an order given to a person or animal to do something
  • an instruction in the form of a code or signal that tells a computer to do something
  • the power that someone (such as a military officer) has to give orders and to control a group of people