command

Meaning

Noun

1. An order to do something.
2. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
3. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
4. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
5. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
6. A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
7. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
8. A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
9. The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
10. A command performance.

Verb

1. To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
2. To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
3. To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
4. to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
5. To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
6. To hold, to control the use of.
7. To have a view (of), as from a superior position.
8. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

Hyphenated as

com‧mand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈmɑːnd/

Etymology

From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre. Compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.