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• command — com|mand1 [ kə mænd ] noun *** 1. ) count an official order: Are you refusing to obey my commands? a ) an instruction that you give to a computer to make it do something: the log on command 2. ) uncount control of a group of people, especially in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• command — I UK [kəˈmɑːnd] / US [kəˈmænd] noun Word forms command : singular command plural commands *** 1) [countable] an official order Who gave the command to open fire? 2) [countable] computing an instruction that you give to a computer to make it do… …   English dictionary

• Command and Data modes (modem) — Command and Data modes refer to the two modes in which a computer modem may operate. These modes are defined in the Hayes command set, which is the de facto standard for all modems. These modes exist because there is only one channel of… …   Wikipedia

• Command Loss Timer Reset — Command Loss Timer Reset(s) are part of the CCSDS communications system to spacecraft either in Earth orbit or beyond Earth orbit. The Command Loss Timer Reset, if it is not received in a timely manner by the spacecraft generally forces the… …   Wikipedia

• command — vb Command, order, bid, enjoin, direct, instruct, charge mean to issue orders to someone to give, get, or do something. Command and order agree in stressing the idea of authority, command implying its more formal and official exercise {the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• command — [[t]kəmɑ͟ːnd, mæ̱nd[/t]] ♦♦♦ commands, commanding, commanded 1) VERB If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it. [mainly WRITTEN] [V n to inf] He commanded his troops to attack... [V with quote] Get in …   English dictionary

• command — 1 noun 1 ORDER (C) an order that should be obeyed: Fire when I give the command. 2 CONTROL (U) the control of a group of people or a situation: be in command: Judge Hathaway was in complete command of the courtroom. | have sth under your command …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• command — com|mand1 W2 [kəˈma:nd US kəˈmænd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(control)¦ 2¦(order)¦ 3¦(computer)¦ 4 command of something 5¦(military)¦ 6 at your command 7 be in command of yourself ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(CONTROL)¦[U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• command — [13] Ultimately, command and commend are the same word. Both come from Latin compound verbs formed from the intensive prefix com and the verb mandāre ‘entrust, commit to someone’s charge’ (from which we get mandate). In the classical period this… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• command — [13] Ultimately, command and commend are the same word. Both come from Latin compound verbs formed from the intensive prefix com and the verb mandāre ‘entrust, commit to someone’s charge’ (from which we get mandate). In the classical period this… …   Word origins

• command*/ — [kəˈmɑːnd] noun I 1) [C] an official order to do something He refuses to obey my commands.[/ex] 2) [U] control of a group of people or of a situation Franco was in command of the military.[/ex] United soon took command of the game.[/ex] 3) [C] an …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English