command - use in sentences

Object

  • battalion: He commanded three battalions in the area of the new pro-American army.
  • respect: Property of all kinds making for human comfort commands the respect of all men.
  • regiment: Orders in No 5. Officers commanding regiments to obtain stocks for their men.
  • assent: But the elders of the church were expected to choose bishops who could command the general assent and respect of the congregation.

Converse of object

  • execute: For instance, a newline will terminate the search and accept the line, thereby executing the command from the history list.
  • obey: It is a question of obeying the command of Scripture.
  • assume: They began the counter-offensive against the Poles under General Erich von dem Bach who assumed command of all German forces suppressing the Uprising.
  • invoke: Safe interpreters are not allowed to invoke hidden commands in themselves or in their descendants.
  • follow: At the command prompt, type the following command to modify the configuration file.

Adjective modifier

  • builtin: Only shell builtin commands or commands found by searching the PATH are executed.
  • at: You can also find info on AT commands on the Internet.
  • combatant: There was general agreement that this mission would be assigned to one of the Department's nine Combatant Commands.
  • built-in: Displaying GIF and JPEG images The built-in *DISPLAY command will only display images in Windows Bitmap ( .BMP ) format.

Modifies a noun

  • line: Word: Startup Switches Passing command line switches via the shortcut or command prompt allow you to control how Word starts up.
  • argument: Note that the sed edit script, introduced by the sed command line argument -e spreads over two lines.
  • syntax: The command syntax and principles you learn are applicable to almost all Cisco routers and switches because most Cisco devices run common IOS software.

Noun used with modifier

  • shell: The shell executes the second line as a normal shell command, and thus starts up the Perl interpreter.
  • unix: It is easy to extract data from the raw text output, using unix commands like grep and awk.

Preposition: of

  • brigade: I had an idea that I should get command of a brigade or something of the kind.
  • regiment: On the 24th July Major Thomas William Sneyd was promoted Lt Colonel and succeeded Lt Colonel Steward in command of the regiment.

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