command
383
3.7
- noun
- /kəˈmænd/
- Specialized
- Bad Belly gave Trouble a hand command to stay and started in the boy's direction.
- give commands
- issue commands
- teacher-issued commands
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- He must then insert the codes for a command to launch.
- And so they start trying to type in the command to login, which was login.
- And this netcat command is gorgeous to work with.
Examples
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In that case, I'd say the command not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
Fiction book (1990) -
And during that time, no commands, no questions, no direction.
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Your word is my command.
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- Fire at my command.
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Sir, the raptor is waiting on your go command.
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Follow my command.
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Wait for my command.
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By command of His Most Merciful Excellency, your lives are to be spared.
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Apple's voice recognition software, Siri, for example, understands spoken commands well enough to run iPhone applications by voice alone.
Academic text (2012) -
The general issued a command for the troops to advance.
Synonyms
500
1.2
A set of steps that tell you how to do something
254
2.0
An official instruction telling someone what to do
105
6.1
An official instruction from a government or organization
51
4.4
A request or order from someone in authority
8
4.6
A single line of code that tells the computer to do something
4
4.8
An order given by a person in authority
1
4.2
An order from someone in authority to do something
1
4.3
An instruction typed by a computer user to make the computer do something
1
6.8
A single instruction you give to a computer program
1
4.1
A single line of code in a computer program
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
65
3.5
A system in an organization where instructions move from people at the top to people below
- Specialized
15
7.0
The part of a spacecraft where astronauts live, control the ship, and talk with Earth
- Specialized
2
4.2
A line on the screen that shows the computer is ready for you to type a command
- Specialized
2
6.8
A senior soldier who helps run a group of soldiers and manages discipline and administration
1
5.8
A former part of the United States Air Force that managed military space and missile operations
- Specialized
1
3.6
A key on Apple keyboards that you press with other keys to use shortcuts
- Specialized
1
4.3
An instruction typed by a computer user to make the computer do something
1
5.6
A major part of the United States Air Force that operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, and rescue aircraft
The United States Army unit that investigates serious crimes involving soldiers worldwide
- Specialized
1
6.0
The main NATO military headquarters responsible for protecting the area from Norway to Turkey
An agency that investigates crimes by members of the United States Army worldwide
- Specialized
1
6.1
A way of controlling a missile by sending instructions from the ground or another missile
- Specialized
Time a computer or machine takes to get ready before it runs a command
- Specialized
Time a device takes to get ready before it starts a command
- Specialized
A major NATO headquarters in the United States that planned and led sea operations in the Atlantic
A Palestinian political group that uses armed attacks for its goals
How Forceful
- Formal
27
7.2
- Specialized
383
3.7
∞
3.0
500
1.2
808
1.0
602
1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Command comes from the Latin commandare, meaning 'to order' (from mandare 'to give in charge'). A helpful way to remember a computer command is that it is just an 'order' you give the machine, like a boss giving instructions.