English > command: 12 senses > noun 7, communicationMeaning | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program. |
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Synonyms | instruction, statement, program line |
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Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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Part of | program, programme, computer program, computer programme | (computer science) a sequence / sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute |
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Narrower | call | An instruction that interrupts the program being executed |
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command line | commands that a user types in order to run an application |
link | (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list |
macro, macro instruction | A single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language |
system error | An instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules |
toggle | Any instruction that works first one way and then the other |
Broader | code, computer code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
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Spanish | comando, directiva, directriz, instrucción, orden |
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Catalan | instrucció, ordre |
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English > command: 12 senses > verb 5, socialMeaning | Exercise authoritative control or power over. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Example | "Command the military forces" |
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Synonym | control |
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Narrower | call the shots, call the tune, wear the trousers | Exercise authority or be in charge |
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charm, becharm | Control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft |
corner | gain control over |
dominate, master | Have dominance or the power to defeat over |
govern, rule | Exercise authority over |
govern | direct or strongly influence the behavior of |
harness, rein in, draw rein, rein | Control and direct with or as if by reins |
hold | take and maintain control over, often by violent means |
hold one's own | Maintain one's position and be in control of a situation |
hold sway | Be master |
internationalize, internationalise | put under international control |
manage, deal, care, handle | Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of |
monopolize, monopolise | Have and control fully and exclusively |
preoccupy | Engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
preside | act as president |
regiment | subject to rigid discipline / discipline, order, and systematization |
steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise | direct the course |
steer | direct (oneself) somewhere |
Spanish | comandar, controlar, dominar, mandar |
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Catalan | comandar, controlar, dominar, manar |
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Nouns | command | the power or authority to command |
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command | a position of highest authority |
commandant, commander | an officer in command of a military unit |
commander | a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain |
commander | an officer in the airforce |
commander | someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others |