Crossword clues for commanding
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Command \Com*mand"\ (?; 61), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Commanding.] [OE. comaunden, commanden, OF. comander, F. commander, fr. L. com- + mandare to commit to, to command. Cf. Commend, Mandate.]
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To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends.
--Bacon.Go to your mistress: Say, I command her come to me.
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To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.
--Macaulay.Such aid as I can spare you shall command.
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To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
Bridges commanded by a fortified house.
--Motley.Up to the eastern tower, Whose height commands as subject all the vale.
--Shak.One side commands a view of the finest garden.
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To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.
'Tis not in mortals to command success.
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To direct to come; to bestow. [Obs.]
I will command my blessing upon you.
--Lev. xxv. 21.Syn: To bid; order; direct; dictate; charge; govern; rule; overlook.
Commanding \Com*mand"ing\, a.
Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.
Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.
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Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.
Syn: Authoritative; imperative; imperious.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c. (in astronomy), present participle adjective from command (v.). Meaning "nobly dignified" is from 1590s. Meaning "dominant by virtue of size or position" is from 1630s. Related: Commandingly (mid-15c.).
Wiktionary
Tending to give commands, authoritarian. n. The act of giving a command. v
(present participle of command English)
WordNet
adj. of the highest rank; used of persons; "the commanding officer" [syn: ranking, top-level, top-ranking]
used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn: dominating, overlooking]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "commanding".
Given his blue-blood heritage, the kid had expected to advance his military career with a few helpful nudges and memos directed to the appropriate commanding officers.
Persian Government, General Quinan, who was commanding in Iraq, had been ordered on July 22 to be ready to occupy the oil refinery at Abadan and the oilfields, together with those two hundred and fifty miles farther north near Khanaqin.
And when Adonai sent his Malakhim to retrieve her, she laughed, and opened the book and read aloud a word, commanding them by the Sacred Name to return empty-handed.
Antony worked as a senior legate for Caesar, commanding the embarkation in Brundisium and then in the field in Macedonia and Greece, Dolabella commanded a fleet in the Adriatic and was defeated so ignominiously that Caesar never bothered with him again.
Harry lay at the end of a narrow defile, thirty feet wide at the most at its base, overlooked on both sides by towering cliffs and by Afridi, each commanding a wide field of fire through which a rescuing force would need to pass.
Though neither Ryder nor David was aware of it, the master gunner commanding the mounted battery was the Ansar whom David had dubbed the Bedlam Bedouin.
Commanding was part of his nature, and Antonio knew his father expected to be obeyed.
On the 12th of July Jack rode out with his commanding officer, who, with many others, accompanied the reconnaissance made by the Turks and French, on a foraging and reconnoitring party, towards Baidar, but they did not come in contact with the Russians.
This is the price of commanding That you watch your dearest die Sending women and men To Bght again And you never tell them why.
Rear Admiral Fritz Bonte, commanding the German destroyer flotilla, answered by sending an officer in a launch to the Norwegian vessel to demand surrender.
Bill Brakey, a gun in either hand, would have stood in the doorway, commanding the situation.
He turned back toward Caliban and addressed him in a firm, commanding voice.
January 1928, as the result of feuds at 15th Infantry Headquarters, Stilwell was transferred at the request of General Castner from troop duty to General Staff duty as acting Chief of Staff to the Commanding General.
The valiant Catalonian, and the fierce countess, must have been dangerous neighbours to their foes, commanding as they did the country, for leagues round.
Arthur had given me Cavan, I think, in case my authority should prove no greater than my years, but in all honesty I never had trouble commanding men.