commands
What leaders issue
Commands are orders or instructions given with authority, expecting obedience or execution.
A military officer issues commands to troops; software accepts commands from users.
The word functions as both noun and verb: you can command attention or take command of a situation.
Someone who commands respect earns it through presence or achievement.
In computing, commands are specific instructions entered to perform operations: Type the command and press enter.
Formal command or instruction
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- instructionGuidance for action
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
injunction · edict · dictate · charge · requirement · stipulation · prescription · precept
Instructions to obey
- controlAuthority to direct
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
sovereignty · supremacy · rule · mandate · governance · enforcement · obedience · hierarchy
Incite to action
- terminalAt the endpoint
- shellHard outer covering
- scriptWritten words for performance
- syntaxRules for arranging words
execute · input · parameter · argument · function · batch · keystroke · shortcut
Power to enforce obedience
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- directionWay something faces
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
governance · delegation · decision-making · vision · strategy · influence · charge · helm
Skilled performance level
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- graspSeize or understand
- controlAuthority to direct
mastery · competence · facility · adeptness · skill · knowledge · understanding · capability
directive
Formal command or instruction
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- instructionGuidance for action
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
mandate · injunction · edict · dictate · charge · requirement · stipulation · prescription · precept · bidding
orders
Instructions to obey
jurisdiction · sovereignty · supremacy · rule · mandate · governance · enforcement · obedience · hierarchy · subordination
prompt
Incite to action
syntax · execute · input · parameter · argument · function · batch · keystroke · shortcut · macro
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- directionWay something faces
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
stewardship · governance · delegation · decision-making · vision · strategy · influence · charge · helm · captaincy
proficiency
Skilled performance level
control · mastery · competence · facility · adeptness · skill · knowledge · understanding · capability · prowess
orders
Instructions to obey
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
brigade · division · platoon · corps · infantry · artillery · squadron · fleet · tactics · strategy
- housetrainingpotty training, toilet training, housebreaking, housebroken, house-trained
- takes chargecontrols, manages, directs, leads, oversees
- naval trainingofficer training, naval training, naval academy, seamanship, cadet training
- mandatesmandates, edicts, decrees, dictates, directives
- syntaxsentence, verb, noun, adjective, adverb
- Arabic grammarverb conjugation, declension, verb forms, conjugation, pronouns
- command structureOrder-giving hierarchy
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- lieutenant commanderNaval rank below commander
- command centerCentral operations facility
- commander in chiefHighest military leader
- take commandAssume leadership role
command, commanding, commander, commanded, commandment, commandments