Command: Definition and part of speech

Command

  1. n. A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
  2. v. t. To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
  3. v. t. To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one’s disposal; to lead.
  4. v. t. To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
  5. v. t. To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.
  6. v. t. To direct to come; to bestow.
  7. v. i. To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
  8. v. i. To have a view, as from a superior position.
  9. n. An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
  10. n. The possession or exercise of authority.
  11. 1n. 1 A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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