Commandable

com·mand  (k-mnd)

v. com·mand·ed, com·mand·ing, com·mands

v.tr.

1. To direct with authority; give orders to.

2. To have control or authority over; rule: a general who commands an army.

3. To have at one's disposal: a person who commands seven languages.

4. To deserve and receive as due; exact: The troops' bravery commanded respect.

5.

a. To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over: "He commands any room he enters" (Stephen Schiff).

b. To dominate by physical position; overlook: a mountain commanding the valley below.

v.intr.

1. To give orders.

2. To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.

n.

1. The act of commanding.

2. An order given with authority.

3. Computer Science A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.

4.

a. The authority to command: an admiral in command.

b. Possession and exercise of the authority to command: command of the seas.

5. Ability to control or use; mastery: command of four languages.

6. Dominance by location; extent of view.

7.

a. The jurisdiction of a commander.

b. A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.

c. A unit of the U.S. Air Force that is larger than an air force.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or constituting a command: command headquarters; a command decision.

2. Done or performed in response to a command: a command performance.

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[Middle English commaunden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandre : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Latin mandre, to entrust; see man-² in Indo-European roots.]

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com·manda·ble adj.