How do you use the word "command" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "command": We are under his command. The same sentence could have the force of a command.

Command Meaning

/kəˈmɑːnd/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn order to do something.

nounThe right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

Sentence Examples

We are under his command.

The same sentence could have the force of a command.

Begin when I give the command.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

bid require dictation

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The general gave a clear ____ for all troops to advance immediately.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The dog obeys every single ____ given by its owner.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comanderbor. Middle English comaunden English command From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre. Ultimately from Latin com- + mandō (whence ultimately also commend (a doublet), mandate, and recommend), from manus + -dō. Compare typologically Russian поручи́ть (poručítʹ), поруче́ние (poručénije), руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ), руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) related to рука́ (ruká).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"GAGE, at that time, had command of troops near the lakes; and fearing an attack from the Indians, had called for some new recruits from Massachusetts; but the Assembly judged them not necessary." — 1822, Alden Bradford, History of Massachusetts ..., Richardson and Lord, page 41:

"It wasn't a decisive operation, and Carthage still had command of Spain." — 2013, Barry Strauss, Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of ..., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 68:

"The Indians had command of the lands and the waters — command of all their beneficial use, whether kept for hunting, 'and grazing roving herds of stock,' or turned to agriculture and the arts of civilization." — 1985, Peter Iverson, The Plains Indians of the Twentieth Century, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 93:

"Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful." — 1851, Herbert Spencer, Social Statics, page 180:

"I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river." — 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:

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