Commanding and Upper

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 higher of two berths.
  • synonyms: upper berth
• Piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot.
  • usage: "Uppers come in many styles"
• A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression.
  • synonyms: amphetamine, pep pill, speed

adjective

• The topmost one of two.
• Higher in place or position.
  • usage: "the upper bunk"; "in the upper center of the picture"; "the upper stories"
• Superior in rank or accomplishment.
  • usage: "the upper half of the class"

• (comp.) Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.
• (n.) The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.