Commanding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈmændɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Commanding is an adjective meaning Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
Meaning
Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
More Meanings
- Impressively dominant; very good and impressive.
- Dominating from above, giving a wide view (of a place or position)
- present participle and gerund of command
- The act of giving a command.
Example Sentences
a commanding structure
a man with a commanding presence
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.
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.
Word Forms
- commandings
Synonyms for commanding
Depending on context, synonyms include bossy, imposing, imperative, high, peremptory, dominating.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ranking, peremptory, imperative, top-ranking, superior, high.
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