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command

Command means to give orders or exert authority over someone or something. (verb)

An example of command is a teacher assigning homework to students.

A command is an order or the authority to command. (noun)

  1. An example of command is a dog owner telling their dog to sit.
  2. An example of command is the job of controlling a group of military people.

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See command in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See command in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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