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commanding definition

com·mand·ing (kə man′diŋ, -män′-)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

command

adjective

  1. having authority; controlling or dominating
  2. impressive, esp. in a dignified or imperial way
  3. controlling or dominating by position a commanding hilltop
  4. very large a commanding lead

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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