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Definition: Command |
CommandNoun1. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. 2. A military unit or region under the control of a single officer. 3. The power or authority to command: "an admiral in command". 4. Availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew". 5. A position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command". 6. Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French". 7. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program. Verb1. Be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army". 2. Make someone do something. 3. Demand as one's due: "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers". 4. Look down on; "The villa dominates the town". 5. Exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "command" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Command |
Aerospace | A signal which initiates or triggers an action in the device which receives the signal. In computer operations also called instruction. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | The height at an outlet or turnout site of the water level in a canal above the general level of the land in the area to be irrigated from that outlet. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of being commanded, denotes that you will be humbled in some way by your associates for scorn shown your superiors. To dream of giving a command, you will have some honor conferred upon you. If this is done in a tyrannical or boastful way disappointments will follow. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A single specific manipulation at the subscriber set causing transmission of a signal which specifically indicates the manipulation of the exchange. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | 1. The authority vested in an individual of the armed forces for the direction, coordination, and control of military forces. 2. An order given by a commander; that is, the will of the commander expressed for the purpose of bringing about a particular action. 3. A unit or units, an organization, or an area under the command of one individual. 4. To dominate by a field of weapon fire or by observation from a superior position. 5. To exercise a command. See also area command; base command; full command; national command; operational command. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A coded signal which initiates or triggers an action in the device which receives the signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In telecontrol, the information used to cause a change of state of operational equipment. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In telecommunication, the term command has the following meanings:1. An order for an action to take place.
2. In data transmission, an instruction sent by the primary station instructing a secondary station to perform some specific function.
3. In signaling systems, a control signal.
4. In computer programming, that part of a computer instruction word that specifies the operation to be performed. See command (computing) for detail.
5. Loosely, a mathematical or logic operator.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Command."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In computing, commands are computer programs invoked from console environment (command line interface).See List_of_Unix_program.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Command (computing)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In computer programming, command pattern is one of design patternss that use a value object to communicate the details of the action that is desired.When: There is a proliferation of similar methods, and the interface to implement that kind of object is becoming unwieldy.
Symptoms: Too many public methods for other objects to call. An interface that is unworkable and always changing. You feel that a method name must include prose describing the exact action, and this is preventing layering your code.
A command object is a case of using a value object to communicate which action is to be performed, along with any argument data. This is sent to a single method in the class that handles commands of the given type. That object is free to implement command processing with a switch, a variable method dispatch, or a call to a variable subclass. This lets you make changes to which commands are defined only in the definition of the command objects itself and the classes that actually use that command, rather than every class that wants to implement the command processing interface. It also frees up the command implementing the command processing interface to use any number of ideas for dispatching the command, once it has it:
# example of a switch style arrangement:Since Perl offers //AUTOLOAD//, this idea could be emulated. If a package wanted to process an arbitrary and growing collection of commands to the best of its ability, it could catch all undefined method calls using //AUTOLOAD//, and then attempt to dispatch them (this assumes //%commandHandlers// is set up with a list of object references keyed by method name):sub doCommand { my $me = shift; my $cmd = shift; $cmd->isa('BleahCommand') or die; my $instr = $cmd->getInstructionCode(); if($instr eq 'PUT') { # PUT logic here } elsif($instr eq 'GET') { # GET logic here } # etc }
# example of a variable method call arrangement: sub doCommand { my $me = shift; my $cmd = shift; $cmd->isa('BleahCommand') or die; my $instr = $cmd->getInstructionCode(); my $func = "process_" . $instr; return undef unless defined &$func; return $func->($cmd, @_); }
# example of a variable subclass arrangement. # this assumes that %commandHandlers is set up with a list of object references.
sub doCommand { my $me = shift; my $cmd = shift; $cmd->isa('BleahCommand') or die; my $insr = $cmd->getInstructionCode(); my $objectRef = $commandHandlers{$instr}; return $objectRef ? $objectRef->handleCommand($cmd, @_) : undef; }
sub AUTOLOAD { my $me = shift; (my $methodName) = $AUTOLOAD m/.*::(\\w+)$/; return if $methodName eq 'DESTROY'; my $objectRef = $commandHandlers{$methodName}; return $objectRef ? $objectRef->handleCommand($methodName, @_) : undef; }This converts calls to different methods in the current object to calls to a //handleCommand()// method is different objects. This is an example of using Perl to shoehorn a Command Object pattern onto a non Command Object interface.
The article is originally from Perl Design Patterns Book
External Links
See also: Command object, Design patternss, Threaded command object, Scheduler pattern
- http://hatena.dyndns.org/~jkondo/DesignPattern/Command/
- http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/unitOfWork.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Command pattern."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| comd | English | Command | Military & Defense, Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CommandSynonyms: bid (n), bidding (n), dictation (n), instruction (n), mastery (n), program line (n), statement (n), compel (v), control (v), dominate (v), overlook (v), overtop (v), require (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Direction | Supervision, superintendence; surveillance, oversight; eye of the master; control, charge; board of control; (council); command; (authority). |
Government | Rule, sway, command, control, administer; govern; (direct); lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne; sway the scepter, wield the scepter; wear the crown. |
Height | Verb: be high; Adjective: tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over;orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover; overtop; (be superior); stand on tiptoe. |
Possession | Verb: possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy; be possessed of; Adjective: have in hand; Adjective: own; command. |
Requirement | Charge, claim, command, injunction, mandate, order, precept. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The power of Isengard is at your command, Sauron, Lord of the Earth (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) To the forward command center take me (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) You understand why we have a chain of command, don't you (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan) I am at your command. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) The pants command me (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck) | |
Lyrics | Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command ("The Times They Are A-Changin'"; performing artist: Bob Dylan) Your wish is my command (Alright; performing artist: Janet Jackson) Heaven took command (Sent From up Above; performing artist: Mariah Carey) The way I feel under your command (Because The Night; performing artist: Patti Smith) His majesty was in command. (Matilda Mother; performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000) Chain of Command (1967) Command Post (1967) Lost Command (1966) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Apollo 10 Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA. |  | Apollo 11 Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA. |
 | Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon. Credit: NASA. |  | Skylab Station Viewed by Skylab 2 Command Module. Credit: NASA. |
 | Apollo Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA. |  | C. William Hayes' first command Just kidding - checking batteries and electronics package. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Flash ranging command post overlooking the Rhine River 17th FAOB Photo from 17th FAOB Album. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Change of command on the NOAA Ship RUDE. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Left to right: Commander Arodes de Peyriagues, second in command on the PRINCESS ALICE II and HIRONDELLE II from 1907 to 1915; Dr. Jules Richard; and ship's lieutenant, H. Bouree. Plate IV, print 3. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | The Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) station at Wallops Island. Large antenna on left receives TIROS TV imagery. Immediately to the right of this antenna is a smaller antenna that receives and transmits navigation and control commands. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Star Command Console in Buzz L" by David Sinofksy Commentary: "Star Command Console in Buzz Lightyear Ride at the Magic Kingdom." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
John Florio | Who has not served cannot command. |
Martin Luther | Forgiveness is God's command. |
Park Benjamin | Beauty and grace command the world. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Obedience alone gives the right to command. |
Solon | Learn to obey before you command. |
Sophocles | What you cannot enforce, do not command. |
St. Just | Keep cool and you command everybody. |
Virgil | Command large fields, but cultivate small ones. |
William Shakespeare | We were not born to sue, but to command. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | All those, moveover, in the land who of themselves and of their own accord are unwilling to swear to the twenty five to help them in constraining and molesting us, we shall by our command compel the same to swear to the effect foresaid. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Tho' the war itself, which admits not of plurality of governors, naturally devolves the command into the king's sole authority. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | As privates of the industrial army they are placed under the command of a perfect hierarchy of officers and sergeants. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The maintenance or formation of forces differently grouped or of other organisations for the command of troops or for preparation for war is forbidden. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens [and] let the oppressed go free." And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Meanwhile, they shall be at the command of any gentleman, inclined, and competent, to take the unprofitable labour off my hands |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This personage, grave with an almost threatening gravity, was one of those who, even in a hurried interview, command the attention of the observer |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Tell her the King, that may command, entreats |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And this was done without command. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I have seen this whole body of horse, upon a word of command, draw their swords at once, and brandish them in the air. |
The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Ariel: I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Department of Defense recommends servicemen and women contact their chain of command on questions about the vaccine and its distribution. (references) | |
Some investigators are studying the functions and anatomy of the motor system and how it regulates movement and relates to major command centers in the brain. (references) | ||
When tumors affect brain areas responsible for command of body movement, they can cause motor symptoms, including weakness or paralysis, lack of coordination, or trouble with walking. (references) | ||
Business | New products are continuously introduced which command a better market demand. (references) | |
McDonald's France and the Belgian chain Quick together command a 98 percent market share. (references) | ||
This sector will continue to command a 60 percent share of overall Indian IT industry revenues. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | If a unit commander suspects but cannot prove that a soldier is underage, he can transfer the soldier from a front-line combat unit to a rear-area command. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Russia | She was charged with violating accreditation procedures and regulations imposed by the military command. (references) |
Burma | A particularly harsh military commander in the Naga area reportedly was removed from command in late 2000 and imprisoned for rape. (references) | |
Economic History | Belize | The BDF, currently under the command of Brig. (references) |
Hong Kong | U.S. firms should continue to command a dominant market share. (references) | |
Uk | Books still command a large readership in the training market. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | Officers and noncommissioned officers are removed from any command duties. (references) |
Cameroon | The Douala Operational Command reportedly used informants in a similar fashion. (references) | |
Guatemala | Eventually Linares was reassigned from the capital to the Military Reserve Command in Totonicapan. (references) | |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | In some cantons, Bosniak and Croat police operate under separate, parallel budget and command structures, divided along ethnic lines. (references) |
Political Economy | Benin | Only about a dozen parties and coalitions, however, command any significant electoral support. (references) |
Belarus | Under the law, the President has the right to subordinate all security bodies to his personal command. (references) | |
Political Rights | Barbados | The Attorney General was named third in command of the Government. (references) |
Iraq | The political system is dominated by the Party, which governs through the Revolutionary Command Council. (references) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Both parties looked to President A.N.R. Robinson to break the deadlock by appointing as Prime Minister that candidate most likely to be able to command a majority in Parliament. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | All private business leaders and most high-level government officials have a good command of English. (references) |
Pakistan | However, almost all Pakistanis involved in business and commerce of a certain scale have an adequate command of English. (references) | |
Taiwan | In particular, those working in hotels, business, or public organizations are likely to have a good command of the language. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Brunei | However, most citizens still command good salaries. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of moderation. Hail, high Excess -- especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me -- My skull thy pulpit, as my paunch thy shrine. Precept on precept, aye, and line on line, Could ne'er persuade so sweetly to agree With reason as thy touch, exact and free, Upon my forehead and along my spine. At thy command eschewing pleasure's cup, With the hot grape I warm no more my wit; When on thy stool of penitence I sit I'm quite converted, for I can't get up. Ungrateful he who afterward would falter To make new sacrifices at thine altar! |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Colin Soloway | Well, we were taken to place which we were told, both by alliance fighters, and also by local villagers, that this was actually bin Laden's house, or bin Laden's command center in a village outside Jalalabad. |
Rush Limbaugh | Of course, if we left the people of Iraq under the command of a brutal dictator, it would be because we didn't care how much non-white people suffered. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | There is nothing that gives a Man consequence, and renders him fit for Command, like a support that renders him independent of every body but the State he Serves. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | A part of the squadron on Lake Erie has been extended into Lake Huron, and has produced the advantage of displaying our command on that lake also. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The active, persevering, and unremitted energy of Captain Warrington and of the officers and men under his command on that trying and perilous service have been crowned with signal success, and are entitled to the approbation of their country. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Major General Jesup was also directed, on the conclusion of his duties in the Creek country, to repair to Florida and assume the command. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | I performed a conscientious duty, without asking promotion or command, and without a revengeful feeling toward any section or individual. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Military's Southern Command, General Barry McCaffrey, as America's new drug czar. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Command" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.95% of the time. "Command" is used about 3,772 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.95% | 3,167 | 2,978 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 11.84% | 447 | 12,980 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.52% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.69% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,772 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| South Africa | Command Holdings Limited | USA | Command Systems, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "command": administrative chain of command ♦ advanced command post ♦ air defense command ♦ air MAterial COmmand compiler ♦ airborne command post ♦ amphibious command ship ♦ area command ♦ armored command vehicle ♦ armoured command vehicle ♦ army command ♦ assume command ♦ assume the command ♦ at command ♦ at my command ♦ at smb.'s command ♦ at your command ♦ bad command or file name ♦ base command ♦ be in command ♦ be in command of ♦ bomber command ♦ by smb.'s command ♦ calling command ♦ chain of command ♦ chief command ♦ combined command ♦ command and control ♦ command axis ♦ command catalog ♦ command chain ♦ command channels ♦ command Control Processor ♦ command destruct signal ♦ command detonated mine ♦ command economy ♦ command ejection system ♦ command group ♦ command guidance ♦ command interpreter ♦ command invalidation ♦ command key ♦ command language ♦ command liaison ♦ command line ♦ command line interface ♦ command line option ♦ command module ♦ command net ♦ command of language ♦ command of money ♦ command of words ♦ command overhead ♦ command paper ♦ command post ♦ command post exercise ♦ command processing overhead ♦ command processing overhead time ♦ command prompt ♦ command select ejection system ♦ command signal ♦ command smb. to do smth. ♦ command smb.'s respect ♦ common Command Set ♦ country association command ♦ Dijkstra's guarded command language ♦ Direct Command ♦ disaster command and control ♦ disconnect command ♦ fire command post ♦ full command ♦ functional command ♦ give a command ♦ hand over the command ♦ have a command of ♦ have a good command of smth. ♦ have command ♦ have command of ♦ have command over ♦ have the command of a company ♦ he has a good command of english ♦ high command ♦ host Command Facility ♦ inbuilt command ♦ incremental command ♦ inputting command ♦ integrated command ♦ intern command ♦ invoking command ♦ joint command ♦ keeping the command channels ♦ line command ♦ maintained command ♦ maintenance command interpreter commands ♦ military command ♦ national command ♦ nato command forces ♦ of command ♦ officer in command ♦ officer in tactical command ♦ operational chain of command ♦ operational command. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "command": command-administrative, command-and-control, command-backed-by-threats, command-button, command-controlled stocks, command-detonated mine, command-driven, command-file, command-in-chief, command-level, command-line, command-line interpreter, command-school. | |
Ending with "command": administrative-command, air-quenching-command, dual-command, Inter-command, Officer-in-command, pilot-in-command, second-in-command, self-command, sub-command. | |
Containing "command": inter-command exercise, intra-command exercise. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "command"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bepaal (affix, attach, confine, define, determine, fasten, fix, limit, make, make fast, order, qualify, restrict, secure, set, set conditions, stipulate, tell). (various references) | |
Albanian | zotëroj (dominate, have, hold, manage, master, own, possess, wield), zotërim (assimilation, dominance, domination, enjoyment, grasp, holding, keeping, lordship, mastership, mastery, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, tenure), urdhëroj (appoint, bid, charge, decree, dictate, direct, enjoin, give a command, ordain, order, prescribe, require, will), urdhër (behest, bidding, commandment, decoration, decree, dictate, dictation, edict, injunction, mandate, order, prescript, prescription, warrant, word), trupa (troop, troops), repart (department, installation, shop, stock, unit, workshop), porosit (bespeak, caution, charge, commission, indent, order, place, prescribe, request), porosis (bespeak, caution, charge, commission, indent, order, place, prescribe, request), komandoj (control, guide, officer, rule the roost), komandim (control), komandë (control, whip hand), fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, earn, fight down, gain, gain upon, get, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score, score off, take, touch, win), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, bend, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, con, conduct, direct, drive, funnel, govern, guide, head, keep, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, rectify, refer, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector), dominoj (dominate, overlord), dispozicion (disposal). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرقة (band, brigade, choir, sect, squad, troupe), منجز بناء على طلب, هيمن (cover, dominate, govern, overbear, overpower, predominate, preponderate), قيادة (conduct, control, direction, drive, driving, guidance, lead, leadership, leading, steer, steerage), قاد (carry, conduct, direct, drive, drove, govern, guide, handle, head, helm, induct, introduce, lead, lead in, lead up to, marshal, mastermind, navigate, officer, orientate, pilot, preside, run, see out, shepherd, show, show out, steer, take the lead, usher), سيطرة (ascendant, clutch, control, dominance, domination, empire, government, gripe, hand, hegemony, hold, mastery, overriding, predominance, predomination, prevalence, reign, restraint, rule, ruling, weight), سيطر (boss, control, dominate, govern, grip, keep, master, overcome, overpower, possess, predominate, reign, repress, rule, sew up, take control, wield), سلطة (arm, chicory, hold, horn, influence, law, power, prerogative, rule, seigniory), إطلال, إصدار الأوامر (dictation), إشراف (direction, domination, hand, nobility, overlooking, oversight, presidency, stewardship, superintendence, supervision, surveillance), أمر (affair, behest, charge, decree, dictate, direct, direction, enjoin, fiat, give an order, instruct, instruction, intimation, matter, officer, ordain, order, ordinance, prescribe, prescript, prescription, sound, thing, warn, word), أسطول (fleet, float, squadron), دعوة ملكية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | военен окръг, държа позиция, изисквам (call for, claim, demand, desiderate, enforce, enjoin, exact, indicate, necessitate, postulate, require, take, want), повеление (behest, bidding), повеля (bidding, ordinance), повелявам (decree, demand, enjoin, ordine), заповед (bidding, do, imperative, injunction, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, word), доминирам (dominate, domineer, overlord), владея (control, dominate, hold sway over, own, possess, ride, sway, wield), сдържам (contain, guard, pocket, press back, repress, restrain, smother, stifle, suppress), господство (ascendancy, dominance, domination, empire, hegemony, lordship, mastership, mastery, rule, supremacy), команда (brigade, detail, instruction, outfit, party, squad), командувам (direct, lead, officer, push about, push around, queen it, regiment, rule the roast, run), командуване (leadership), контролирам (control, monitor, police, preside, regulate, superintend), разполагам с, заповядвам (appoint, bid, direct, enjoin, instruct, ordain, require, rule the roost, send an order, tell). (various references) | |
Chinese | 率領 (head, lead), 率 (frequency, rate, to lead, to squint), 統帥 (commander-in-chief), 指令 (instruction, order), 吩咐 (instruct, tell), 令 (decree, honorable, make or cause to be, order), 命令 (Commanded, Commanding, Dictate, injunction, mandate, mandatory, order, Writ). (various references) | |
Czech | znalost (acquaintance, information, know how, knowledge), vládnout (be in office, govern, reign, rule, wield), velitelství (headquarters), velet (be in command), velení, rozkaz (bidding, mandate, word, word of command), rozkázat, povel (word of command), poruèit, přikázat (allot, bid, order), příkaz (commission, dictate, direction, disposal, instruction, precept, word), ovládat (control, dominate, govern, handle, manage, overmaster, possess, sway, tutor, wield), ovládání (control), nařídit (decree, enact, enjoin, give a command, order, prescribe, range, set), disponovat èím (dispose of). (various references) | |
Danish | kommando (commmand expression), befaling (order). (various references) | |
Dutch | commando (cue), commanderen (be in command, order), bevelen (be in command, order, tell), aanvoeren (be in command, bring, convey, govern, head up, order, restrain, supply). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pafatingi (cover, sweep), ordono (order), ordoni (order, tell), komando, komandi (be in command, order). (various references) | |
Faeroese | skipa fyri (arrange, dictate, fix up, order, put in order, tell, tidy), boð (errand, message, order, treat). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرمایش (Order), فرماندهی , فرمان دادن (Officer, Ordain), فرمان (Bull, Charter, Commandment, Commission, Decree, Edict, Errand, Institute, Mandate, Ordinance, Ordonnance, Precept, Sanction, Word), حکم کردن (Adjudicate, Decree, Rule), سرکردگی , امرکردن (Bid, Dictate, Enjoin, Ordain). (various references) | |
Finnish | komento (order), käsky (commandment, order), käskeä (invite, order, tell). (various references) | |
French | ordre, ordonner, enjoindre, commander (commission), commandement (commandment, control). (various references) | |
Frisian | befelje (be in command, order, tell), befel (order). (various references) | |
German | befehl (captaincy, comand, dictation, fiat, instruction, mandamus, mission, order, ordinance), Kommando (commando, order, party, squad), kommandieren (be in command, give orders, order, to command), gebot (bid, bidding, commandment, decree, law, offer, order, precept, presentation, proposal, requirement, rule, tender), gebieten (be in command, demand, have command, order, tell), befehligen (be in command, captain, order), befehlen (be in command, enjoin, give orders, order, send, summon, tell, to command), anweisung (allocation, assignation, briefing, direction, directions, directive, instructing, instruction, instructions, money order, payment, payment slip, postal order, statement, transfer). (various references) | |
Greek | εντολή (assignation, assignment, behest, commandment, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prescript, prescription, requisition), προστάζω (dictate, order), προσταγή (commandant, dictate, order), διαταγή (behest, bid, bidding, dictate, dictation, injunction, mandate, order, prescript). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להשתלט (boss, dominate, have control, master, overpower, overrule, seize, take control), צווי (order), אדונות (lordship, mastery), פקוד (commandership, counted, numbered, subordinate), פקודה (behest, fiat, imperative, order, ordinance), שליטה (ascendancy, authority, control, disposal, disposition, dominance, domination, dominion, mastery, predominance, predomination, proficiency, take over), צו (behest, decree, edict, fiat, imperative, order, ordinance, prescription, say so), לצות (decree, ordain, order, prescribe), מפקדה (headquarters), להורות (direct, instruct, show, teach, tell), לחלוש על (dominate, overlook), לפקד (head a force, order), לפקוד (appoint, entrust, muster, order, punish, recall, remember, review, visit), לשלוט (be proficient, control, dominate, govern, grip, manage, master, predominate, rule), מצוה (behest, commandment, duty, law, obligation, precept), תפקיד (assignment, charge, duty, function, mission, order, part, place, role, stint, task). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vezényszó, utasítás (cue, dictation, direction, directive, instructions, mandate, manual, ordainment, order, orders, ordinance, regulations, ukase), rendelkezés (behest, dispensation, disposition, instructions, mandate, ordainment, provision, provisions, ruling), parancsnokság (captaincy, comdt, commandant, headquarters, hq, leadership, leading). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perintah (decree, mandate, precept), menguasai (dominate, govern, master, take charge), mendikte (dictate), kadar (alloy, amalgam, character, degree, gauge, God's will, level, quality), amar (injuction). (various references) | |
Italian | comando (bidding, control, dictation, drive, fiat, headquarters, headship, lead, leadership, mandamus, order, word), ordine (arrangement, array, association, behest, instruction, nature, order, orderliness, orderly, orders, rank, sequence, tidiness, tidy, warrant, word), dominare (be on top of things, control, control oneself, curb, dominate, govern, Lord, master, order, overbear, overlook, overmaster, overrule, predominate, restrain, rule, subdue, sway, walk over), comandare (adjure, be in charge, be in command, be in command of, control, demand, drive, order, require). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 仰せ (statement, wishes of a superior). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おおせ (statement, wishes), しれい (commander, control, departed soul, directive, ghost, instructions, orders, spirit of a dead person), しき (beginning period, ceremony, containers etc. made of paper, determination, direction, equation, formula, four seasons, initial term, morale, paper articles, private records or documents, time of death), かめい (affiliation, alias, family honour, family name, house name, nom de plume, order, participation, pen name, pseudonym, undermentioned, undersigned), いいわたし (judgment, order, pronouncement, sentence), ごうれい (order), れい (actor, case, cold, companion, cool, custom, departed soul, dictation, example, experience, expression of gratitude, ghost, illustration, instance, nought, order, parallel, precedent, soul, spirit, usage, zero), めいれい (decree, directive, instruction, order), めい (dark, decree, destiny, life, niece), コマンド (commando), ようめい (childhood name, order, request), げぢ (order), げち (order), みょう (dark, decree, destiny, life, strange, unusual), とうそつ (generalship, lead, leadership). (various references) | |
Korean | 명령 (Commanding, order, ordering). (various references) | |
Manx | stiurey (captain as team; guidance, captain; guidance, control, controllability, direct, direction, guide, handle, handling, helm, lead, manage, manipulate, manipulation, navigate, navigation, pilot, piloting, regulate, regulation, rudder, steer, steering, superintendence, supervise, supervision), smaght (castigation, chastisement, control, correction, discipline, empire, good order, restraint, restriction, subjection), sarey (commandment, decree, dictate, directive, enjoin, injunction, instruct, mandate, order, precept, prescribe), oardaghey (authorize, bidding, commission, decree, dispense, indent, ordain, order, rank), mainshtyraght (bossiness, empire, superiority), kioneys (dominance, domination, hegemony), cur sarey, anney (directive, injunction, mandate, regulation). (various references) | |
Papiamen | mando, manda (be in command, order), komandá (be in command, order). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ommandcay.(various references) | |
Polish | rozkazywać (order, tell). (various references) | |
Portuguese | comando (behest, bidding, captaincy, charge, commando, conduct, energy, leadership, leading, mastery, power, tune-up), ordem (appointment, array, behest, bidding, commandment, commission, dictate, dictation, disposal, fiat, formation, genus, group, kilter, line-up, mandate, order, orderliness, ordinance, precept, prescript, range, regularity, sequence, signal, summons, writ), ordenar (appoint, assign, assort, bid, charge, class, decree, dictate, dispose, enact, enjoin, fix up, frock, impose, instruct, marshal, ordain, order, pigeonhole, post, prescribe, put in order, range, settle, sort, tell, tidy), mando. (various references) | |
Romanian | ordona (arrange, array, bid, dictate, direct, enjoin, give an order, methodize, order, put in order, settle, tell, tidy), comanda (be in command, book, charge, dictate, engage, enjoin, lead, order, order about, order around, secure, tell). (various references) | |
Russian | приказывать (bid, enjoin, order, require, tell), приказ (commandment, order, say so). (various references) | |
Scottish | smachdaich (control), smachd (authority, control, correction), forail, òrduich (arrange, assign, decree, ordain), òrdugh (an order, decree, order), àithne (bidding, commandment, injunction). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zapovest (commandment, dictate, order, ordinance), zapovedništvo (authority, captainship, headquarters), zapovediti (order), zapovedati (boss, officer, order), zapoved, narediti (instruct, ordain, order), naredba (behest, fiat, instruction, order, ordination, rescript), nalog (behest, dictate, dictation, injunction, order, warrant), komandovati (boss, officer), komandant (commandant), komanda, dominirati (dominate, domineer, prevail). (various references) | |
Spanish | mando (commandment, direction, earnest, exigency, furlough, leadership, rule), mandato (behest, commandment, dictate, dictation, fiat, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, term, warrant), orden (arrangement, array, bidding, character, commandment, count, decision, decree, dictation, direction, discipline, disposal, disposition, field, force, function, imperative, instruction, issue, medal, nature, order, orderliness, sequence, warrant, word, writ), comando (commando). (various references) | |
Sranan | komanderi (be in command, order), gi orda (be in command, order). (various references) | |
Swedish | order (commission, detainer, dictation, fiat, imperative, order, orders), kommando (commmand, word), befäl (order), kommendera (be in command, commend, detail, draft, order), befallning (behest, charge, dictate, imperative, order, say so, word), befalla (be in command, bid, commit, direct, instruct, order, prescribe, tell), anföra (adduce, allege, captain, cite, conduct, lead, Lodge, offer, quote, say, state). (various references) | |
Thai | การปกครองแบบระดับขั้นลดหลั่นลงมา (chain of command). (various references) | |
Turkish | hakimiyet (control, dominance, domination, dominion, imperium, Raj, sovereignty), buyurmak (come, decree, help oneself to, ordain, order, please, prescribe, will), emir (ameer, amir, behest, bidding, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, dictation, direction, disposal, disposition, emir, fiat, imperatival, imperative, jussive, mandate, order, precept, prescription, ukase, word, word of command), emir vermek (give directions, give order, instruct, order), emretmek (bade, bid, decree, dictate, direct, enjoin, ordain, order, prescribe, rule, say the word, tell, will), güç (ability, arduous, arm, baffling, capability, capacity, clout, clutch, clutches, control, difficult, dominance, energy, force, forcefulness, hard, intensity, iron, might, pep, pith, potency, potential, power, punch, rod, sinew, spirit, stamina, steam, sting, strength, stuffing, sword, tone, tricksy, vigor, vigour, vim, vis, vitality, zing), genelkurmay, hüküm sürmek (be rife, govern, king it, prevail, reign, sway), buyruk (behest, commandment, ipse dixit, order, rescript), hakim olmak (become a judge, control, dominate, have a command of, hold sway over, master, possess, predominate, rule over), yetki (authority, authorization, competence, competency, faculty, fiat, power, sword, vis, warrant, warranty), komuta, komuta etmek (be in command, direct, officer), kontrol etmek (audit, check, check out, check up, check up on, choke back, choke down, control, explore, govern, inspect, keep tabs on, see over, superintend, test), kumanda (attendance, Conn, direction, remote control), kuvvet (beef, dint, energy, exponent, force, lustiness, main, might, pith, potency, power, punch, robustness, sinew, stamina, strength, thews, vigor, vigour, vinegar, vis, zing), telkin etmek (imbue, inculcate, indoctrinate, infix, infuse into, inspire, preach, suggest), tepeden görmek, yönetmek (administer, administrate, boss, captain, celebrate, chair, conduct, direct, edit, govern, head, lead, oversee, police, preside, produce, rule, run, run the show, steer, supervise), hükmetmek (adjudge, assume, award, be in the ascendant, be in the ascendent, bestride, decide on, dominate, domineer, govern, make an award, overrule, reckon, rule, rule over, sway). (various references) | |
Turkmen | zakaz, hцkьm (order, sentence, verdict), buяurmak, buяruk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розпорядження (appointment, bidding, order, prescript, prescription, word), контролювати (check, control, monitor, police, rule, superintend, supervise), командувати (officer, order about, order around, rule the roost), командування, володіти (have, hold, own, possess, wield), влада (arm, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, attribution, authority, cathedra, domination, faculty, grip, gripe, hold, in, lordship, reign, rod), наказувати (administer punishment, appoint, charge, decree, dictate, dispose, order), наказ (behest, commandment, decree, decretal, delegation, dictate, injunction, mandate, order, prescript, telling, wish, writ). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chỉ huy dưới quyền chỉ huy của nắm quyền chỉ huy, sự nén sự tinh thông, quyền điều khiển sự làm chủ sự kiềm chế, mệnh lệnh quyền chỉ huy, lệnh (commission, desire, mandate, precept). (various references) | |
Welsh | siars (charge), gorchymyn (commandment, order), erchi (ask, bid, demand, pray). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | inim. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | commendare, duc, ducam, ducamus, ducas, ducat, duce, ducebamini, ducebant, ducebantur, ducebat, ducemini, ducendos, ducens, ducent, ducentem, ducentes, ducenti, ducentis, ducentur, ducere, ducerent, ducerentur, duceret, duceretur, duces, ducesque, ducet, ducetur, duci, ducimini, ducimus, ducis, ducit, ducite, duco, ducta, ductae, ductas, ducti, ductique, ducto, ductu, ducturus, ductus, ducunt, ducuntur, duxerant, duxerat, duxere, duxerint, duxerit, duxerunt, duxi, duximus, duxisset, duxisti, duxistis, duxit, duxitque, fas, gubernatio, impera, imperabatis, imperabit, imperandi, imperans, imperant, imperante, imperantes, imperantium, imperantur, imperarat, imperaret, imperasti, imperat, imperate, imperator, imperatum, imperaturus, imperaverat, imperaverit, imperaveritis, imperaverunt, imperavit, imperent, imperet, imperia, imperii, imperiis, imperio, imperium, impero, iube, iubeas, iubeat, iubebit, iubebo, iubente, iubere, iuberet, iubes, iubet, iussa, iusserat, iusseris, iusserit, iusserunt, iussi, iussio, iussione, iussionem, iussisset, iussisti, iussit, iussitque, iussu, iussum, iussus, manda, mandabit, mandabo, mandans, mandare, mandas, mandassem, mandassent, mandasti, mandastis, mandat, mandata, mandate, mandati, mandatis, mandato, mandatorum, mandatum, mandatumque, mandaverat, mandaverit, mandavero, mandaverunt, mandavi, mandavimus, mandavit, mandetis, mando, nutibus, nutu, nutum, nutus, praecepta, praecepti, praeceptis, praecepto, praeceptorum, praeceptum, praeceptum, preceptum, praedicta, praedicti, praedictis, praedictum, praesedi, praesieo, praesieo, praesedi, praesedere, praesieo-sedi-ere, provincia, provinciae, provinciam, provinciarum, provincias, provinciis, remanda. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | comander. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 15, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | UmeiV filoi mou este ean poihte osa egw entellomai umin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vos amici mei estis si feceritis quae ego praecipio vobis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ge synd mine freond gyf ge doð þasþing þe ic eow be-beode. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ye ben my freendis if ye doen tho thingis, that Y comaunde to you. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ye are my fredes yf ye do whatsoever I commaunde you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 15, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Kamo mga higala nako kon magatuman kamo sa akong isugo kaninyo. |
| Chinese | 你 們 若 遵 行 我 所 吩 咐 的 、 就 是 我 的 朋 友 了 。 |
| Croatian | Vi ste prijatelji moji ako èinite što vam zapovijedam. |
| Danish | I ere mine Venner, dersom I gøre, hvad jeg befaler eder. |
| Dutch | Gij zijt Mijn vrienden, zo gij doet wat Ik u gebiede. |
| Finnish | Te olette minun ystäväni, jos teette, mitä minä käsken teidän tehdä. |
| French | Vous êtes mes amis, si vous faites ce que je vous commande. |
| German | Ihr seid meine Freunde, so ihr tut, was ich euch gebiete. |
| Haitian Creole | Nou tout, se zanmi m' nou ye depi nou fè sa m' mande nou fè. |
| Hungarian | Ti az én barátaim vagytok, ha azokat cselekszitek, a miket én parancsolok néktek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalian adalah sahabat-sahabat-Ku, kalau kalian melakukan apa yang Kuperintahkan kepadamu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kamu inilah sahabat-Ku, jikalau kamu berbuat barang yang Aku pesankan kepada kamu. |
| Latvian | Jûs esat mani draugi, ja jûs darîsiet to, ko es jums pavçlu. |
| Maori | Ko koutou oku hoa, ki te meatia e koutou aku e whakahau nei ki a koutou. |
| Norwegian | I er mine venner dersom I gjør det jeg byder eder. |
| Rumanian | Voi sknteyi prietenii Mei, dacq faceyi ce vq poruncesc Eu. |
| Russian | чЩ ДТХЪШС нПЙ, ЕУМЙ ЙУРПМОСЕФЕ ФП, ЮФП с ЪБРПЧЕДХА ЧБН. |
| Shuar | Wi akupeamu takaakrumka atumsha winia amikruitrume. |
| Spanish | Vosotros sois mis amigos, si hacéis lo que yo os mando. |
| Swahili | Ninyi ni rafiki zangu mkifanya ninayowaamuru. |
| Swedish | I ären mina vänner, om I gören vad jag bjuder eder. |
| Uma | Doo-ku omea-mokoi, ane nituku' hawa' -ku. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "command": commandable, commandant, commandants, commanded, commandeer, commandeered, commandeering, commandeers, commander, commanderies, commanders, commandership, commanderships, commandery, commanding, commandingly, commandment, commandments, commando, commandoes, commandos, commands. (additional references) | |
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"Command" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Camnant, comand, Comani, comans, Comband, comend, comind, comman, commem, commenda, commrad, commund, comont, compand, comraind, connant, corman, Cormani, cumman, Hovmand, Omand, Osmand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "command" (pronounced kuma"nd) |
| 4 | -m a" n d | demand, manned, outmanned, remand, unmanned. |
| 3 | -a" n d | and, band, banned, bland, brand, canned, disband, land, expand, fanned, firsthand, gland, grand, hand, meadowland, misunderstand, offhand, panned, planned, rand, sand, scanned, spanned, stand, strand, tanned, understand, unplanned, withstand. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-m-m-n-o" | |
-2 letters: comma, macon, monad, nomad. | |
-3 letters: ammo, coda, coma, damn, dona, mano, moan, noma. | |
-4 letters: ado, and, cad, cam, can, cod, con, dam, doc, dom, don, mac, mad, man, moa, moc, mod, mom, mon, nam, nod, nom, oca. | |
-5 letters: ad, am, an, do, ma, mm, mo, na, no, od, om, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-m-m-n-o" | |
+1 letter: commando, commands. | |
+2 letters: commanded, commander, commandos, communard. | |
+3 letters: commandant, commandeer, commanders, commandery, commanding, commandoes, communards. | |
+4 letters: commandable, commandants, commandeers, commandment, commendable, commendably, commentated, consummated, hemodynamic, seminomadic. | |
+5 letters: commandeered, commanderies, commandingly, commandments, commendation, commendatory, communalized, communicated, dynamometric, hemodynamics, micromanaged, monodramatic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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