"commanding" meaning in English

See commanding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈmændɪŋ/ [General-American], /kəˈmɑːndɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-command.ogg [US] Forms: more commanding [comparative], most commanding [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} commanding (comparative more commanding, superlative most commanding)
  1. Tending to give commands, authoritarian. Synonyms (tending to give commands): bossy Translations (tending to give commands): командващ (komandvašt) (Bulgarian), פוקד (Hebrew), שולט (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-commanding-en-adj-PpU5ei7V Disambiguation of 'tending to give commands': 87 5 8 Disambiguation of 'tending to give commands': 87 5 8
  2. Impressively dominant. Translations (impressively dominant): доминиращ (dominirašt) (Bulgarian), חולשת מרשים (Hebrew), imperiōsus (Latin), marutuna (Maori)
    Sense id: en-commanding-en-adj-y34EivR1 Disambiguation of 'impressively dominant': 3 92 5
  3. Dominating from above, giving a wide view (of a place or position)
    Sense id: en-commanding-en-adj-aWey2pUV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imposing Derived forms: commanding general, commanding heights, commanding officer, uncommanding

Noun

IPA: /kəˈmændɪŋ/ [General-American], /kəˈmɑːndɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-command.ogg [US] Forms: commandings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} commanding (plural commandings)
  1. The act of giving a command.
    Sense id: en-commanding-en-noun-N09qq6Bs

Verb

IPA: /kəˈmændɪŋ/ [General-American], /kəˈmɑːndɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-command.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} commanding
  1. present participle and gerund of command Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: command
    Sense id: en-commanding-en-verb-xDxuaiou Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 17 1 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 21 18 2 43

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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