<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order: The captain commanded his men to attack.</li><li>Synonyms: prescribe, order, instruct, enjoin, direct, charge, bid</li><li>Antonyms: obey</li><li>to require authoritatively; demand: She commanded silence.</li><li>to have or exercise authority or control over; be master of; have at one's bidding or disposal: The Pharaoh commanded 10,000 slaves.</li><li>Synonyms: oversee, manage, rule, lead, govern, control</li><li>to deserve and receive (respect, sympathy, attention, etc.): He commands much respect for his attitude.</li><li>Synonyms: exact, claim, compel</li><li>to dominate by reason of location; overlook: The hill commands the sea.</li><li>to have authority over and responsibility for (a military or naval unit or installation); be in charge of.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to issue an order or orders.</li><li>to be in charge; have authority.</li><li>to occupy a dominating position; look down upon or over a body of water, region, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of commanding or ordering.</li><li>Synonyms: injunction, bidding, direction, instruction, mandate, charge</li><li>an order given by one in authority: The colonel gave the command to attack.</li><li>Military: an order in prescribed words, usually given in a loud voice to troops at close-order drill: The command was “Right shoulder arms!”</li><li>the order of execution or the second part of any two-part close-order drill command, as face in Right face!</li><li>Command, a principal component of the U.S. Air Force: Strategic Air Command.</li><li>a body of troops or a station, ship, etc., under a commander.</li><li>the possession or exercise of controlling authority: a lieutenant in command of a platoon.</li><li>Synonyms: understanding, knowledge, grasp, comprehension, proficiency, domination, sway, ascendancy, control, charge, authority</li><li>mastery; expertise: He has a command of French, Russian, and German.</li><li>British: a royal order.</li><li>power of dominating a region by reason of location; extent of view or outlook: the command of the valley from the hill.</li><li>Computers: an electric impulse, signal, or set of signals for initiating an operation in a computer.</li><li>a character, symbol, or item of information for instructing a computer to perform a specific task.</li><li>a single instruction.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, relating to, or for use in the exercise of command: command post.</li><li>a command car; command post.</li><li>of or relating to a commander: a command decision.</li><li>ordered by a sovereign, as if by a sovereign, or by the exigencies of a situation: a command performance.</li></ul>