Definition of command

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Command (n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer..

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Commandment :: Commandment (n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
Strategy :: Strategy (n.) The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship..
Staff :: Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major..
Company :: Company (n.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men..
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom..
Captainship :: Captainship (n.) The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander..
Crime :: Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law..
Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks..
Conductor :: Conductor (n.) One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director..
Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.
Flank :: Flank (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of..
Bid :: Bid (v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill..
Observatory :: Observatory (n.) A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded..
Prorogation :: Prorogation (n.) The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign..
Commandress :: Commandress (n.) A woman invested with authority to command.
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .
Subpoenal :: Subpoena (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one..
Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander..
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