command

verb

• 1 [reporting verb] give an authoritative order: [with object and infinitive]:a gruff voice commanded us to enter [with direct speech]:“Stop arguing!” he commanded [with clause]:he commanded that work should cease [with object]:my mother commands my presence
• [with object] Military have authority over; be in charge of (a unit):he commanded a battalion at Normandy
• [with object] dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height:the two castles commanded the harbor
• [with object] archaic control or restrain (oneself or one’s feelings):he commanded himself with an effort

• 2 [with object] be in a strong enough position to have or secure (something):no party commanded a majority a moral force that commanded respect

noun

• an authoritative order:it’s unlikely they’ll obey your commands
• Computing an instruction or signal that causes a computer to perform one of its basic functions.
• authority, especially over armed forces:an officer took command who’s in command? we will have nearly thirty thousand people under our command
• [in singular] the ability to use or control something:he had a brilliant command of English
• [treated as singular or plural] Military a group of officers exercising control over a particular group or operation.
• Military a body of troops or a district under the control of a particular officer.