OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12805

command

/kəˈmɑːnd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comandamiento (disused) • comando • dominio • mando
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
GAGE, at that time, had command of troops near the lakes; and fearing an attack from the Indians, had called for some new recruits from Massachusetts; but the Assembly judged them…
to have command of an army
dominio • mando
power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
England has long held command of the sea
he had command of the situation
comando
A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
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