Command - English meaning

verb

Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.

Usage examples:

I adjure you to tell me the truth

verb

To ask or order someone to do something

Usage examples:

The judge adjured him to answer truthfully.

phrase

To do something regularly or as a habit

Usage examples:

She was given to staying in bed till lunchtime., she is friendly and given to easy laughter., neith…

idiom

To be calm and completely in control of your behaviour and emotions

Usage examples:

Suntanned and relaxed, looking calmly about the room, he appeared completely in command.

idiom

Used, especially by children, to say that someone cannot tell another person what to do because they are not in charge of them

Usage examples:

I used to shout "you're not the boss of me!" when my stepmum told me what to do., don't do it! he's…

verb

Offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

A consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box

noun

An offer of a price, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

At the fur tables, several buyers make bids for the pelts

verb

Utter (a greeting or farewell) to.

Usage examples:

James bade a tearful farewell to his parents

noun

The offering of particular prices for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

Other companies in the bidding include general electric

verb

Offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

A consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box

verb

Utter (a greeting or farewell) to.

Usage examples:

James bade a tearful farewell to his parents

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

A divine rule, especially one of the ten commandments.

Usage examples:

The sabbath had to be kept as ordered in the fourth commandment

noun

Any of the ten important rules of behavior that the bible says were given by god to moses

noun

An order, especially one of the ten commandments

noun

The ability to understand something.

Usage examples:

Some won't have the least comprehension of what i'm trying to do

noun

The ability to understand completely and be familiar with a situation, facts, etc.

Usage examples:

He has no comprehension of the size of the problem., how she manages to fit so much into a working …

noun

A test to find out how well students understand written or spoken language

Usage examples:

A listening/reading comprehension

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

noun

An official order that has the force of law.

Usage examples:

The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly

verb

Order (something) by decree.

Usage examples:

The president decreed that the military was to be streamlined

noun

An order or statement of an official decision

Usage examples:

He refused to carry out the board’s decree., [ + that clause ] the olympic charter decrees that the…

noun

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.

Usage examples:

A series of demands for far-reaching reforms

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

verb

To ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted

Usage examples:

[ t ] the library demanded $5 for each book returned late., [ + to infinitive ] i demand to see the…

verb

State or order authoritatively.

Usage examples:

The tsar's attempts to dictate policy

noun

An order or principle that must be obeyed.

Usage examples:

The dictates of fashion

verb

A guiding principle

noun

An order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent.

Usage examples:

A diktat from the bundestag

noun

An order that must be obeyed, or the act of giving such an order

Usage examples:

The coach issued a diktat that all team members must attend early-morning practice., the occupying …

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

noun

A course along which someone or something moves.

Usage examples:

She set off in the opposite direction

noun

The position toward which someone or something moves or faces

Usage examples:

Cars were facing every direction after slamming into each other on the icy road., i glanced in her …

noun

The position towards which someone or something moves or faces

Usage examples:

In a direction "no, go that way," i said, pointing in the opposite direction., in the direction of …

noun

An official or authoritative instruction.

Usage examples:

A new ec directive

adjective

Involving the management or guidance of operations.

Usage examples:

The authority is seeking a directive role in energy policy

noun

An official instruction or order

Usage examples:

A federal directive forbids fund-raising in government offices.

noun

An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

Usage examples:

Clovis issued an edict protecting church property

noun

An official order, especially one that is given in a forceful and unfair way

Usage examples:

The city council issued an edict against spitting in the street., a religious edict

verb

Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The code enjoined members to trade fairly

verb

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something

verb

To legally forbid or stop something by order of a court

Usage examples:

The prosecutor’s office hopes the court will enjoin the city from enforcing the law., lawyers are e…

noun

An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.

Usage examples:

Exhortations to consumers to switch off electrical appliances

noun

The act of strongly encouraging or trying to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

Despite the exhortations of the union leaders the workers voted to strike., the book is essentially…

verb

Obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable).

Usage examples:

We gained entry to the car in five seconds

noun

An increase in wealth or resources.

Usage examples:

The pursuit of personal gain

verb

Obtain

verb

Come to have (something); receive.

Usage examples:

I got a letter from him the other day

noun

See have.

verb

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

verb

Conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people) with authority.

Usage examples:

He was incapable of governing the country

verb

To control and be responsible for the public business of a country, state, city, or other organized group

Usage examples:

[ t ] the newly elected president will govern the country for four years., prices of manufactured g…

verb

To control and manage a country, city, group of people, etc.

Usage examples:

The party was accused of being unfit to govern., today, he governs a state where hispanics make up …

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

Usage examples:

She grasped the bottle

noun

A firm hold or grip.

Usage examples:

The child slipped from her grasp

verb

Hold firmly

verb

Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.

Usage examples:

His knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel

noun

A firm hold; a tight grasp.

Usage examples:

His arm was held in a vice-like grip

verb

Hold fast or firmly

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Usage examples:

A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Usage examples:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

noun

An authoritative warning or order.

Usage examples:

Commands and injunctions, as i suggested, punctuate the text from the outset.

noun

An official order given by a court, usually to stop someone from doing something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the court has issued an injunction to prevent distribution of the book.

noun

An official order to do or not do something, which is given by a court of law

Usage examples:

Ask for/seek/request an injunction the board is seeking an injunction against the hostile takeover.…

verb

Tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way.

Usage examples:

She instructed him to wait

verb

To teach someone how to do something

Usage examples:

I need someone to instruct me on how to use the computer., [ + to infinitive ] the police have been…

verb

To order or tell someone to do something, especially in a formal way

Usage examples:

Instruct sb to do sth they were instructed to remove the vehicles from the site immediately as they…

noun

A direction or order.

Usage examples:

He issued instructions to the sheriff

noun

The act of teaching someone how to do something

Usage examples:

The course gives you basic instruction in car maintenance and repairs., [ + to infinitive ] the gen…

noun

Written advice and information about how to do or use something

Usage examples:

Please read the instructions carefully., follow the instructions given below to activate your card.…

noun

Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.

Usage examples:

A thirst for knowledge

noun

Awareness, understanding, or information that has been obtained by experience or study, and that is either in a person’s mind or possessed by people generally

Usage examples:

How will we use our increasing scientific knowledge?, a lack of knowledge on the part of teachers i…

noun

Skill in, understanding of, or information about something, which a person gets by experience or study

Usage examples:

Acquire/gain/have knowledge, possess/lack knowledge, people working in stores need better product k…

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

noun

A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. it has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Usage examples:

There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.

noun

An adult male human being.

Usage examples:

A tall man with a beard

verb

(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification).

Usage examples:

The helpline is manned by trained staff

exclamation

Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Wow, like cosmic, man

noun

Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity.

Usage examples:

She played with some mastery

noun

Great skill in a particular job or activity

Usage examples:

Louis armstrong’s mastery of the trumpet is legendary., only a singer of fitzgerald's mastery could…

noun

Complete control of something

Usage examples:

Her mastery of the situation

verb

Get, acquire, or secure (something).

Usage examples:

Adequate insurance cover is difficult to obtain

verb

Come into possession of

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

The details regarding the narrow limits that exist on the right to use these rooms and tight contro…

noun

A law or rule made by a government or authority

Usage examples:

A city ordinance forbids the parking of cars in this area.

noun

A law, usually one made by a city or regional government

Usage examples:

The ordinance would require apartment managers to verify that renters are us citizens., under the o…

verb

(of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing.

Usage examples:

Her doctor prescribed sleeping tablets

verb

Issue commands or orders for

verb

To order treatment for someone, or to say what someone should do or use to treat an illness or injury

Usage examples:

Many doctors prescribe aspirin to forestall second heart attacks., my doctor prescribed rest and ga…

noun

A formal or authoritative announcement or declaration.

Usage examples:

Distrust of the pronouncements of politicians was endemic

noun

An official or formal statement

verb

Be given, presented with, or paid (something).

Usage examples:

The band will receive a £100,000 advance

verb

Get something; come into possession of

verb

To get or be given something

Usage examples:

She received a letter from her son., i’ll receive my bachelor’s degree in the spring., the presiden…

noun

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Usage examples:

A request for information

verb

Politely or formally ask for.

Usage examples:

He received the information he had requested

noun

An act of asking for something, or the thing asked for

Usage examples:

[ c ] the library gets a lot of requests for books about new babies., [ u ] an application will be …

verb

Need for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Three patients required operations

noun

A thing that is needed or wanted.

Usage examples:

Choose the type of window that suits your requirements best

noun

Something needed or necessary

Usage examples:

Previous experience is one of the requirements for the job.

noun

What is wanted or needed by someone

Usage examples:

I've been asked to estimate our budget requirements for next year., meet/suit sb's requirements the…

noun

A firm decision to do or not to do something.

Usage examples:

She kept her resolution not to see anne any more

noun

The act of solving a problem or finding a way to improve a difficult situation

Usage examples:

[ c ] negotiators are working tirelessly for a swift resolution of this crisis., the chairing offic…

noun

A formal statement on which people in an organization vote, or the decision taken as a result of this vote

Usage examples:

Approve/adopt a resolution shareholders were asked to approve a resolution to create a special voti…

noun

One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.

Usage examples:

The rules of cricket

verb

Short for australian rules.

noun

An accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do

Usage examples:

The company's chief executive failed to enforce federal workplace rules., if you broke the rule, yo…

noun

An authoritative decision or pronouncement, especially one made by a judge.

Usage examples:

The ruling was reversed in the appeal court

adjective

Currently exercising authority or influence.

Usage examples:

The ruling coalition

verb

Exercise ultimate power or authority over (an area and its people).

Usage examples:

The region today is ruled by elected politicians

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Usage examples:

Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

Usage examples:

Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

Usage examples:

A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

noun

A condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement.

Usage examples:

They donated their collection of prints with the stipulation that they never be publicly exhibited

noun

A statement that says exactly what something must be or how something must be done

Usage examples:

The only stipulation is that you have to register., as part of the deal they will issue shares of t…

verb

Communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.

Usage examples:

I told her you were coming

noun

(especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.

Usage examples:

But i think you could waste a poker lifetime looking for tells like those.

noun

(in the middle east) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements.

Usage examples:

He narrowly escaped being blown up by a mine when he was exploring a tell outside the city.

noun

The ability to understand something; comprehension.

Usage examples:

Foreign visitors with little understanding of english

adjective

Sympathetically aware of other people's feelings; tolerant and forgiving.

Usage examples:

A kind and understanding man

verb

Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker).

Usage examples:

He didn't understand a word i said