command key
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3.6
- noun
- /kəˈmænd ki/
- Specialized
:
tecla de comando
- This keyboard had the "Command" letters removed from the command key entirely.
Examples
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OK, so the way we do that is we're going to hold down the command key command and click.
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Retrieve the command key. - Did you do that? - Yes.
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The command key, Miss Lane.
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The command key I have entered is revoking your authority.
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She punched the command key.
Fiction book (1991) -
This keyboard was standard issue with the Macintosh Plus and was the first keyboard to see the "Command" key.
Blog text (16) -
Command key accepted.
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The current Apple keyboard features an aluminum enclosure and is the first since the Apple IIe keyboard to remove the Apple logo from the Command key.
Blog text (16) -
To copy text, simply press the command key and the letter "C" simultaneously.
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To paste the copied content, hold the command key along with the letter "V".
Synonyms
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8.6
A key on Mac keyboards used with other keys for shortcuts
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'command' (a directive or computer instruction) + 'key' (a pressable keyboard lever) yields a key used to issue commands or shortcuts. This noun–noun compound follows standard, cross-linguistically common composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Command key comes from the key's job on Apple keyboards. When you press the command key with another key you give the computer a 'command' to do a quick action or 'shortcut', so the name reminds you it tells the computer what to do.