command

• IQ
• acquaintance
• adjure
• administer
• advise
• appoint
• arm
• ask
• assess
• assign
• authority
• authorize
• badger
• base
• bear
• beg
• behest
• beseech
• bid
• bill
• boast
• boss
• bring
• call
• call for
• capital
• captain
• carry
• center
• charge
• claim
• clout
• clutch
• coerce
• command post
• commandment
• commission
• compel
• conduct
• conquer
• constrain
• control
• counsel
• countermand
• counterorder
• death grip
• decree
• demand
• dictate
• direct
• direction
• directive
• discount
• do
• dominance
• dominate
• domineer
• dominion
• dun
• edict
• eminence
• enjoin
• enjoy
• entreat
• exact
• experience
• expertise
• face
• facility
• familiarity
• fetch
• fluency
• force
• front
• govern
• grip
• handle
• hang
• harass
• have
• head
• headquarters
• high command
• hold
• home
• hound
• imperative
• imperium
• importance
• impose
• influence
• injunction
• instruct
• instruction
• intimacy
• invoice
• jurisdiction
• keep
• ken
• know-how
• landscape
• law
• lead
• leverage
• literacy
• lookout
• manage
• management
• mandate
• mark down
• mark up
• master
• mastership
• mastery
• micromanage
• moment
• necessitate
• need
• oblige
• oppress
• ordain
• order
• ordinance
• outlook
• overcharge
• overlook
• oversee
• own
• panorama
• perspective
• petition
• possess
• power
• practice
• practise
• precept
• predominance
• prerogative
• prescript
• prescription
• price
• privilege
• proficiency
• prospect
• pull
• quest
• regulate
• regulation
• reign
• rejoice in
• request
• require
• requirement
• requisition
• reserve
• retain
• right
• rule
• run
• scene
• scenery
• seat
• show off
• sight
• sovereignty
• sovranty
• spearhead
• sport
• statute
• subdue
• subjugate
• superintend
• supervise
• supremacy
• sway
• take
• tell
• tyrannize
• undercharge
• value
• view
• virtuosity
• vista
• visual field
• voice
• want
• warn
• warrant
• weight
• withhold
• word

• abandon
• appeal
• cancel
• cede
• countermand
• decline
• discard
• disclaim
• disown
• dump
• entreaty
• follow
• give up
• hand over
• helplessness
• ignorance
• illiteracy
• impotence
• impotency
• incompetence
• incompetency
• keep
• lack
• mind
• need
• obey
• observe
• petition
• plea
• powerlessness
• proposal
• recommendation
• reject
• relinquish
• renounce
• repudiate
• require
• rescind
• serve
• spurn
• suggestion
• surrender
• unfamiliarity
• urging
• want
• weakness
• yield

• 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, as from a superior position.
  8. To direct to come; to bestow.

• The general gave a command to retreat immediately.
• She has a strong command of the French language.
• At his command, the troops began to move forward.
• The dog followed every command without hesitation.
• His voice carried the command of a natural leader.

cadge

face

hack

keep

keep an eye on

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