Sekirov Dictionary

commanding

UK /kəˈmɑːndɪŋ/US /kəˈmændɪŋ/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

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Impressively dominant; very good and impressive.
- Pierre Boulez, one of the most commanding musicians of the past century, must have been asked countless times, before his death in 2016, what he thought his legacy might be. — 2023
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Dominating from above, giving a wide view (of a place or position)
- On the top floor is the lever frame where signalmen are afforded an uninterrupted and commanding view of the junction below, and of Shrewsbury station's five working platforms. — 2018
Tending to give commands, authoritarian.

noun1

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The act of giving a command.
- God could then have dispelled their ignorance by revealing to them that He had issued those commands; the fact of the occurrence of the earlier commandings would be the content of the revelation. — 2006

forms

commandings · more commanding · most commanding

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