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command
English
Etymology
From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander (modern French commander), from Vulgar Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare, from mand? (“I order, command”). Compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??m??nd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??mænd/
- Hyphenation: com?mand
Noun
command (countable and uncountable, plural commands)
- An order to do something.
- I was given a command to cease shooting.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- to have command of an army
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- he had command of the situation
- England has long held command of the sea
- a good command of language
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- General Smith was placed in command.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- 1851, Herbert Spencer, Social Statics, p. 180
- Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.
- 1851, Herbert Spencer, Social Statics, p. 180
- (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- He's got good command tonight.
- A command performance.
- 1809, Dorothy Jordan, letter, cited in Claire Tomalin, Mrs Jordan's Profession, Penguin 2012, p. 220:
- Atkinson […] had hinted to me that the Duke of Richmond was so delighted with my acting that he should not be surprised if there was a second command.
- 1809, Dorothy Jordan, letter, cited in Claire Tomalin, Mrs Jordan's Profession, Penguin 2012, p. 220:
Translations
See also
- imperative mood
References
- Command on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
command (third-person singular simple present commands, present participle commanding, simple past and past participle commanded)
- (transitive, intransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- The soldier was commanded to cease firing.
- The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Revenge
- We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends.
- (transitive, intransitive) 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
- (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- he commanded silence
- 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)[1]
- The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.
- (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)
- (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.
- Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.
- The best goods command the best price.
- This job commands a salary of £30,000.
- (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- The fort commanded the bay.
- Two wooden bridges led across the river; each was commanded by a fortified house
- December 1699, Joseph Addison, letter to William Congreve
- One [side] commands a view of the finest garden.
- 1834, The Hobart Town Magazine (volume 2, page 323)
- […] they made considerable progress in the art of embalming the wild fruits of their native land, so that they might command cranberries and hindberries at all times and seasons.
- (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
- (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.
Synonyms
- (give an order): decree, order
Translations
Derived terms
References
- command in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “command”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
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dictum
English
Etymology
From Latin dictum (“proverb, maxim”), from dictus (“having been said”), perfect passive participle of dico (“I say”). Compare Spanish dicho (“saying”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?d?k.t?m/
Noun
dictum (plural dicta or dictums)
- An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- An arbitrament or award.
See also
- ipse dixit
Translations
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?dik.tum/, [?d??kt????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?dik.tum/, [?d?ikt?um]
Etymology 1
Neuter form of dictus (“said, spoken”), past passive participle of d?c? (“to say, to speak”).
Noun
dictum n (genitive dict?); second declension
- a word, saying, something said
- proverb, maxim, saw
- bon mot, witticism
- Synonym: dict?rium
- verse, poetry
- a prophesy, prediction
- order, command
- promise, assurance
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- dictum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dictum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dictum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- dictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
dictum
- inflection of dictus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Verb
dictum
- accusative supine of d?c?
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dictum n (definite singular dictumet, indefinite plural dicta or dictum, definite plural dicta or dictaa or dictai or dictuma or dictumi)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by diktum
Spanish
Noun
dictum m (plural dictums)
- dictum
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