command post
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5.3
- noun
- /kəˈmænd poʊst/
- Jargon
:
puesto de mando
- The soldiers gathered at the command post to receive their orders for the mission.
- a makeshift command post
- a battalion command post
- a central command post
Your job is to go with me and form a command post.
- Your job is to go with me and form a command post.
Examples
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Winfield was originally scheduled to be at his command post on the morning of Sept. 11.
Blog text (27) -
They've set up a command post, and then officers have been ordered to stay out of this area.
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There must be a command post on site.
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Captain needs to code a message back to command post.
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You set up a command post, okay?
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Then he sent me back to the command post.
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Take him up to the command post.
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We're going to head back to the fire station now, where the command post is setting up.
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Yeah, well, he just turned up in New Jersey at the military command post.
Fiction book (1998) -
Set up your command post outside the town, where you'll be safe.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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3.0
The place where military leaders direct troops and give orders
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3.5
A building where military leaders plan and control operations
A central military office that controls and organizes all forces during operations
The main office where military leaders organize and send orders
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition: 'post' denotes a place or position and 'command' specifies the function performed there, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is the place where command is exercised. This construction is morphologically compositional and has close parallels in many languages, making the meaning predictable and transparent.
Etymology
The noun command post comes from joining command meaning 'to give orders' and post meaning 'a fixed place or station'. Imagine a single tent or small building where the commander stands, watches the area and sends orders to the troops. So, command post means 'a place where a commander directs the troops'.