Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having command; controlling.
- adjective Dominating, as by magnitude or position.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Directing with authority; invested with authority; governing; bearing rule; exercising authority: as, a commanding officer.
- Of great or controlling importance; powerful; paramount: as, commanding influence.
- Dominating; overlooking a wide region without obstruction: as, a commanding eminence.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of a commander, or of one born or fitted to command; characterized by great dignity; compelling respect, deference, obedience, etc.: as, a man of commanding address; commanding eloquence.
- Imperious; domineering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Exercising authority; actually in command.
- adjective Fitted to impress or control.
- adjective Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb
Present participle of tocommand . - adjective tending to give
commands ,authoritarian - adjective impressively dominant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of a height or viewpoint
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Examples
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In the CW series, Blackwell is described as a commanding, enigmatic and powerful witch with many enemies.
Exclusive: The Secret Circle Casts Cassie's Mysterious Father John Blackwell 2012
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top allied commander in Kabul, made his name commanding similar special-operations forces in Iraq and sending them after hundreds of key insurgent and al Qaeda figures.
U.S. Steps Up Missions Targeting Taliban Leaders Michael M. Phillips 2010
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The New Testament scriptures aren't very moderate or tolerant, but they do teach the moderation is gentleness, and in commanding gentleness, it seems not to be very tolerant.
Sweet Deception 2006
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Santa Clara, the last big city before Havana on the old national highway, is where an Argentine doctor named Ernesto Guevara made his name commanding the guerrilla army that was closest to the capital when Batista fled.
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USATODAY. com - Woods wins in commanding fashion at British Open
USATODAY.com - Woods wins in commanding fashion at British Open 2005
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Here stood the Captain commanding the company with half a dozen men.
Archive 2004-12-05 Laban 2004
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Here stood the Captain commanding the company with half a dozen men.
Churchill On The Frontier - Mamund Valley II Laban 2004
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But Sampras conceded little to his teammate calling Roddick his "rival" in commanding top billing in the best-of-five match, three-day event.
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But that was about as likely as his calling his commanding general Bobby-Ray back when he'd been Second Lieutenant John P. Ryan, USMC.
The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000
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As a former senior Japanese official observed: There is a word for commanding heights in Japanese, at
The Commanding Heights DANIEL YERGIN 1998
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