1. • noun - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
   • noun - a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
   • noun - the power or authority to command
   • noun - availability for use
   • noun - a position of highest authority
   • noun - great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
   • noun - (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
   • verb - be in command of
   • verb - make someone do something
   • verb - demand as one's due
   • verb - look down on
   • verb - exercise authoritative control or power over
2. • To direct with authority; give orders to.
   • To have control or authority over; rule: a general who commands an army.
   • To have at one’s disposal: a person who commands seven languages.
   • To deserve and receive as due; exact: The troops’ bravery commanded respect.
   • To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over: “He commands any room he enters” (Stephen Schiff).
   • To dominate by physical position; overlook: a mountain commanding the valley below.
   • To give orders.
   • To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.
   • The act of commanding.
   • An order given with authority.
   • A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.
   • The authority to command: an admiral in command.
   • Possession and exercise of the authority to command: command of the seas.
   • Ability to control or use; mastery: command of four languages.
   • Dominance by location; extent of view.
   • Abbr.
   • The jurisdiction of a commander.
   • A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.
   • A unit of the U.
   • Of, relating to, or constituting a command: command headquarters; a command decision.
   • These verbs mean to issue an instruction that must be obeyed.
3. • v - to direct with authority

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