Associations to the word «Commanding»

Wiktionary

COMMANDING, verb. Present participle of command
COMMANDING, adjective. Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
COMMANDING, adjective. Impressively dominant.
COMMANDING, noun. The act of giving a command.
COMMANDING GENERAL, noun. A commanding officer.
COMMANDING GENERALS, noun. Plural of commanding general
COMMANDING OFFICER, noun. The officer in command of, and typically having ultimate authority over, a military unit.
COMMANDING OFFICERS, noun. Plural of commanding officer

Dictionary definition

COMMANDING, adjective. Used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope