command [kəˈmænd]

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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)

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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