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noun 
  1. An order, a compelling task given to an inferior or a machine.
  2. Unit of military personnel.
  3. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
He's got good tonight.
Translations: 
  • German: Befehl , Kommando
    (trans-mid)
  • Dutch: bevelen
verb 
  1. To order, to compel an inferior or a machine to do something.
  2. To hold, to control the use of
The fort commanded the bay.
Translations: 
  • German: befehlen, kommandieren
    (trans-mid)
Etymology: From comander (French: commander), from
  • commandare, from commandare ((prefix, com, mandare)).



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