Commanding and Conducting

verb

• Be in command of.
  • usage: "The general commanded a huge army"
  • synonyms: command
• Make someone do something.
  • synonyms: command, require
• Demand as one's due.
  • usage: "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
  • synonyms: command
• Look down on.
  • usage: "The villa dominates the town"
  • synonyms: dominate, command, overlook, overtop
• Exercise authoritative control or power over.
  • usage: "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
  • synonyms: control, command

adjective

• Used of a height or viewpoint.
  • usage: "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
  • synonyms: dominating, overlooking

• (a.) Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.
• (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.
• (a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Command.

noun

• The way of administering a business.
• The direction of an orchestra or choir.
  • usage: "he does not use a baton for conducting"

verb

• Direct the course of; manage or control.
  • usage: "You cannot conduct business like this"
  • synonyms: conduct, carry on, deal
• Lead, as in the performance of a composition.
  • usage: "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
  • synonyms: conduct, lead, direct
• Behave in a certain manner.
  • usage: "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
  • synonyms: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
• Take somebody somewhere.
  • usage: "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance"; "He conducted us to the palace"
  • synonyms: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
• Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
  • usage: "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
  • synonyms: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
• Lead musicians in the performance of.
  • usage: "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"
  • synonyms: conduct