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Commanding and Heading

commanding

verb

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

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"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
heading

noun

  • A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.
    • usage: "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
  • The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies.
  • A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.
    • usage: "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"

verb

  • To go or travel towards.
    • usage: "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"
  • Be in charge of.
    • usage: "Who is heading this project"
  • Travel in front of; go in advance of others.
    • usage: "The procession was headed by John"
  • Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.
    • usage: "This student heads the class"
  • Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.
  • Take its rise.
    • usage: "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
  • Be in the front of or on top of.
    • usage: "The list was headed by the name of the president"
  • Form a head or come or grow to a head.
    • usage: "The wheat headed early this year"
  • Remove the head of.
    • usage: "head the fish"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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