Dictionary Entry
command
command is a 7-letter English word with 25 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 25 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
- 2transitive verb
To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
- 3transitive verb
To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
To direct to come; to bestow.
- 6intransitive verb
To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
- 7intransitive verb
To have a view, as from a superior position.
- 8noun
An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
- 9noun
The possession or exercise of authority.
- 10noun
Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.
- 11noun
Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
- 12noun
Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.
- 13noun
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.
- 14noun
availability for use
"the materials at the command of the potters grew"
- 15noun
the power or authority to command
"an admiral in command"
- 16noun
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
"a good command of French"
- 17noun
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
Synonyms
- 18noun
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- 19noun
a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- 20noun
a position of highest authority
"the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
- 21verb
make someone do something
Synonyms
- 22verb
be in command of
"The general commanded a huge army"
- 23verb
demand as one's due
"This speaker commands a high fee"
"The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
- 24verb
exercise authoritative control or power over
"control the budget"
"Command the military forces"
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- 25verb
look down on
"The villa dominates the town"
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