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commanding

[kuh-man-ding, -mahn-]

adjective

  1. being in command.

    a commanding officer.

  2. appreciably superior or imposing; winning; sizable.

    a commanding position; a commanding lead in the final period.

  3. having the air, tone, etc., of command; imposing; authoritative.

    a man of commanding appearance; a commanding voice.

  4. dominating by position, usually elevation; overlooking.

    a commanding bluff at the mouth of the river.

  5. (of a view, or prospect) provided by a commanding location and so permitting dominance.

    a commanding view of the mouth of the river.



commanding

/ əˈɑːԻɪŋ /

adjective

  1. being in command

  2. having the air of authority

    a commanding voice

  3. (of a position, situation, etc) exerting control

  4. (of a height, viewpoint, etc) overlooking; advantageous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • commandingly adverb
  • commandingness noun
  • quasi-commanding adjective
  • quasi-commandingly adverb
  • dzˈԻ徱Բ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of commanding1

First recorded in 1475–85; command + -ing 2
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It was the prelapsarian age of the dumb phone, when we weren’t all taking photos of everything all the time and paparazzi were commanding six figures for shots of Angelina Jolie’s baby bump.

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Bath clinched their first European title in 17 years with a commanding display against Lyon in the Challenge Cup final in Cardiff's Principality Stadium.

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Ben Duckett's 100 runs off 100 balls moves England to a commanding 165-0 in the first innings of the Test match against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.

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Robert De Niro, “Zero Day” “Buried under prosthetics yet commanding the screen, Colin Farrell as ‘The Penguin’ looks like the performance to beat.

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No matter who, when, where or how you ask, a commanding majority of registered voters in the Golden State support a path to citizenship for those in the state without proper documents.

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