command
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French comander (French: commander), from Vulgar Latin *commandare, from Latin commandare (com- + mandare).
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command (plural commands)
- An order, a compelling task given to an inferior or a machine.
- Unit of military personnel.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- He's got good command tonight.
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order
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unit of military personnel
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in baseball
to be checked
- Spanish mando m.
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to command (third-person singular simple present commands, present participle commanding, simple past and past participle commanded)
- To order, to compel an inferior or a machine to do something.
- To hold, to control the use of
- The fort commanded the bay.
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to order
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to hold, to control
