command
English
/kəˈmɑːnd/, /kəˈmænd/
noun
Definitions
- An order to do something.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- (military) 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.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- A command performance.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English commanden derived from Old French comander derived from Latin *commandare, commendare root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deh₃-
Gloss
give, spread out, lay out
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addendum English
- commandability English
- commandable English
- commandest English
- commandeth English
- commandism English
- commandlet English
- commandwide English
- condone English
- countercommand English
- cybercommand English
- donate English
- edit English
- metacommand English
- miscommand English
- multicommand English
- self-command English
- subcommand English
- telecommand English
- uncommandable English
- *commandare Latin
- *commando, *commandō, *commandāre Latin
- *commandāre Latin
- *commandō Latin
- absconsus Latin
- addere Latin
- additio Latin
- additiōnem Latin
- addō Latin
- commandare Latin
- commendare Latin
- commendo Latin
- commendō Latin
- dare Latin
- data Latin
- datum Latin
- datīvus Latin
- demando Latin
- donatio Latin
- dosis Latin
- dēmandō Latin
- dēmandō, dēmandāre, demando Latin
- dō Latin
- dōnātiō Latin
- dōtāre Latin
- editio Latin
- mandatorius Latin
- mando Latin
- mandātum Latin
- perditio Latin
- perdo Latin
- reddo Latin
- reddō Latin
- redono Latin
- trāditiō Latin
- trāditiōnem Latin
- vendere, vendo Latin
- venditor Latin
- vendo Latin
- ēditiō Latin
- ēditus Latin
- datief Dutch, Flemish
- donatie Dutch, Flemish
- commander French
- commanderie French
- rendition French
- δαίμων Ancient Greek
- δόσις Ancient Greek
- παράδοσις Ancient Greek
- ἀντίδοτον Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδοσις Ancient Greek
- *de-dh₃-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *de-dóh₃-e Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *dé-deh₃-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃nom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃rom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tis Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op-eio/e- Proto-Indo-European
- kommandere Norwegian Bokmål
- コマンド Japanese
- दामन् Sanskrit
- comaundable Middle English
- comaunden Middle English
- commanden Middle English
- dowarye Middle English
- dower Middle English
- *da Proto-Slavic
- *danь Proto-Slavic
- comandement Old French
- comandeor Old French
- comander Old French
- cumandeur Old French
- doneur Old French
- कमान Hindi
- додан Persian
- دادن Persian
- տամ Old Armenian
- c'mander Norman
- donner Middle French
- *ɸrodāti, *ɸro-dāti Proto-Celtic
- *didō Proto-Italic
- *dōnāō Proto-Italic
- *toxe- Proto-Uralic
- *(e)δaś- Proto-Albanian
- *dhu̯onti Proto-Albanian
- *dāta- Proto-Iranian
- 𐎭𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
- 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 Old Persian
- cômandai Bourguignon
- rodif Middle Welsh
- دان Central Kurdish
- cmander Picard
- ēditor LL