amerikai:
brit:
1. To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.
2. To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
to command an army or a ship
3. To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
he commanded silence
4. To dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)
5. To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.
6. To hold, to control the use of.
The fort commanded the bay.
7. To have a view, as from a superior position.
8. To direct to come; to bestow.
1. The act of giving a command.
1. Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
2. Impressively dominant.
a commanding structure
3. (of a place or position) Dominating from above, giving a wide view