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Ordered and Command

verb

  • Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
    • usage: "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
  • Make a request for something.
    • usage: "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
  • Issue commands or orders for.
  • Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.
    • usage: "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
  • Bring order to or into.
    • usage: "Order these files"
  • Place in a certain order.
    • usage: "order the photos chronologically"
  • Appoint to a clerical posts.
    • usage: "he was ordained in the Church"
  • Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
    • usage: "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
  • Assign a rank or rating to.
    • usage: "how would you rank these students"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

adjective

  • Having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule.
    • usage: "an ordered sequence"
  • Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order.
    • usage: "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"
  • Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.
    • usage: "a coherent argument"
(imp.&p.p.) of Order.

noun

  • An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
  • A military unit or region under the control of a single officer.
  • The power or authority to command.
    • usage: "an admiral in command"
  • Availability for use.
    • usage: "the materials at the command of the potters grew"
  • A position of highest authority.
    • usage: "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
  • Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity.
    • usage: "a good command of French"
  • Computer science. ( a line of code written as part of a computer program)

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"
(DoD) The authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and responsibility for effectively using available resources and for planning the employment of, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling military forces for the accomplishment of assigned missions. It also includes responsibility for health, welfare, morale, and discipline of assigned personnel.
(DoD) An order given by a commander; that is, the will of the commander expressed for the purpose of bringing about a particular action.
(DoD) A unit or units, an organization, or an area under the command of one individual. Also called CMD. See also area command; combatant command; combatant command (command authority).