commandingn.

/kəˈmɑːndɪŋ/

/kəˈmandɪŋ/

Etymology: < command v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of command v.; a command, order, injunction.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [noun] > action of commanding

commandinga1400

imperation1655

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun]

willeOE

i-bodc888

bodea1000

hestc1000

bedec1175

bodewordc1175

device1307

commandmentc1386

assignment1393

hetec1394

commandinga1400

commissionc1400

willinga1425

mandament1442

behesting1582

command1611

assign1633

jussion1773

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5104 All your bidding, Agh be til vs als comanding.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 256 Syne Do furth his lordis commandyne.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ccc.vij^v/1 He..whose onely thincking is a commaunding.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 251 We have..no Revilings, no Commandings, nor Complainings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

commandingadj.

/kəˈmɑːndɪŋ/

/kəˈmandɪŋ/

Etymology: formed as command v. + -ing suffix².

That commands.

a. gen. Possessing or exercising command or control, ruling, controlling. commanding signs in Astrology: see quot. 1696.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [adjective]

commanding1483

mandative1576

imperant1607

adjuratory1630

1483 Cath. Angl. 72 Commandynge, imperiosus.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. i. 29 The great commanding Warwike.

1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 2 The commanding Wand In Moses's hand.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Commanding Signs, the first six Signs of the Zodiack.

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) Introd. 16 To affect the imagination with these commanding ideas.

1863 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 148 The relation of the commanding rich to the obeying poor.

b. Impelling, effectively actuating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > [adjective] > impelling or driving

urgent1546

impulsive1604

compulsivea1616

impellent1620

driving1642

enormantic1651

chasing1669

commanding1680

pulsivea1687

impelling1767

1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 183 The power commanding..lies so far from the weight to be commanded.

1805 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VI. 444 To stand under an easy but commanding sail.

1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 68 Sailing when we had a commanding breeze.

c. commanding officer: an officer in command. commanding ship: the commander's ship, the leader of a squadron.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > commanding or commodore's vessel

commodore1694

commanding ship1758

pennant ship1867

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > commanding officer

commanding officer1758

thanadar1802

company commander1820

old man1830

C.O.1889

skipper1906

commandant1915

1758 Naval Chron. 8 448 The commanding ship hoisted her top-sails.

1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 36 Commanding officers of regiments.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians vi. 48 The French commanding officer on the Ohio.

†2. Grammar. Imperative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > imperative

imperativec1450

commanding1565

mandativea1631

imperatival1849

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 22^v Which wordes be spoken in the commaunding mode.

3. Indicating or expressing command; nobly dignified; having an exalted or imperial air.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [adjective] > having commanding quality

imperial?c1400

imperious1592

commandinga1616

the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > [adjective] > dignified

estatelyc1374

burlya1400

portlyc1484

stately1496

great1547

stateful1604

commandinga1616

stately1725

presidential1804

dignifieda1812

splendid1833

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adjective]

wlonkOE

kine-wurtheOE

reala1325

rialc1330

royalc1400

wlonkfulc1400

statelyc1415

pompousc1425

imperial?1435

pontificalc1440

sumptuous1472

magnific1490

magnificenta1530

statelike1534

pompatic1535

magnificala1538

princely1539

portly1548

regal1561

queen-like?1571

haughty1585

portlike1587

Minerva-like1598

lustrous1605

pompatical1610

pontificial1613

commandinga1616

pompal1616

grand1622

splendid1624

pontifician1629

regifical1656

queenly1791

presidential1804

angeliferous1837

slashing1854

sultanesque1862

pageanted1902

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 88 He speakes with such a proud commanding spirit.

1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iii. ii. sig. F2^v The maiestie of commanding beautie.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 189. ⁋12 The commanding dignity of her motion.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. i. 4 Of a tall and even commanding stature.

1851 Midland Florist V. 369 [It] is a commanding flower.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 340 Men of commanding genius.

1898 Daily News 14 July 6/1 His voice has a somewhat military tone... It is a so-called ‘commanding’ voice, but capable of great modulation.

4. Dominating by superior height or strategic position; having a wide and unobstructed prospect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in higher position > dominating

commandinga1661

uncommanded1693

domineering1694

predominant1796

dominant1853

overlooking1898

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [adjective] > dominating by virtue of position

commandinga1661

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 13 A high and commanding turret.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Commanding Ground,..is such as overlooks any Post, or strong Place.

1842 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. X. 324 His guns, established on a commanding knoll in the centre.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 251 Commanding views in literature, philosophy, and science.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	commanding
释义	commandingn. /kəˈmɑːndɪŋ//kəˈmandɪŋ/ Etymology: < command v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of command v.; a command, order, injunction. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [noun] > action of commanding commandinga1400 imperation1655 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] willeOE i-bodc888 bodea1000 hestc1000 bedec1175 bodewordc1175 device1307 commandmentc1386 assignment1393 hetec1394 commandinga1400 commissionc1400 willinga1425 mandament1442 behesting1582 command1611 assign1633 jussion1773 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5104 All your bidding, Agh be til vs als comanding. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 256 Syne Do furth his lordis commandyne. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ccc.vij^v/1 He..whose onely thincking is a commaunding. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 251 We have..no Revilings, no Commandings, nor Complainings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). commandingadj. /kəˈmɑːndɪŋ//kəˈmandɪŋ/ Etymology: formed as command v. + -ing suffix². That commands. 1. a. gen. Possessing or exercising command or control, ruling, controlling. commanding signs in Astrology: see quot. 1696. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [adjective] commanding1483 mandative1576 imperant1607 adjuratory1630 1483 Cath. Angl. 72 Commandynge, imperiosus. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. i. 29 The great commanding Warwike. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 2 The commanding Wand In Moses's hand. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Commanding Signs, the first six Signs of the Zodiack. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) Introd. 16 To affect the imagination with these commanding ideas. 1863 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 148 The relation of the commanding rich to the obeying poor. b. Impelling, effectively actuating. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > [adjective] > impelling or driving urgent1546 impulsive1604 compulsivea1616 impellent1620 driving1642 enormantic1651 chasing1669 commanding1680 pulsivea1687 impelling1767 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 183 The power commanding..lies so far from the weight to be commanded. 1805 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VI. 444 To stand under an easy but commanding sail. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 68 Sailing when we had a commanding breeze. c. commanding officer: an officer in command. commanding ship: the commander's ship, the leader of a squadron. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > commanding or commodore's vessel commodore1694 commanding ship1758 pennant ship1867 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > commanding officer commanding officer1758 thanadar1802 company commander1820 old man1830 C.O.1889 skipper1906 commandant1915 1758 Naval Chron. 8 448 The commanding ship hoisted her top-sails. 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 36 Commanding officers of regiments. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians vi. 48 The French commanding officer on the Ohio. †2. Grammar. Imperative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > imperative imperativec1450 commanding1565 mandativea1631 imperatival1849 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 22^v Which wordes be spoken in the commaunding mode. 3. Indicating or expressing command; nobly dignified; having an exalted or imperial air. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [adjective] > having commanding quality imperial?c1400 imperious1592 commandinga1616 the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > [adjective] > dignified estatelyc1374 burlya1400 portlyc1484 stately1496 great1547 stateful1604 commandinga1616 stately1725 presidential1804 dignifieda1812 splendid1833 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adjective] wlonkOE kine-wurtheOE reala1325 rialc1330 royalc1400 wlonkfulc1400 statelyc1415 pompousc1425 imperial?1435 pontificalc1440 sumptuous1472 magnific1490 magnificenta1530 statelike1534 pompatic1535 magnificala1538 princely1539 portly1548 regal1561 queen-like?1571 haughty1585 portlike1587 Minerva-like1598 lustrous1605 pompatical1610 pontificial1613 commandinga1616 pompal1616 grand1622 splendid1624 pontifician1629 regifical1656 queenly1791 presidential1804 angeliferous1837 slashing1854 sultanesque1862 pageanted1902 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 88 He speakes with such a proud commanding spirit. View more context for this quotation 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iii. ii. sig. F2^v The maiestie of commanding beautie. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 189. ⁋12 The commanding dignity of her motion. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. i. 4 Of a tall and even commanding stature. 1851 Midland Florist V. 369 [It] is a commanding flower. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 340 Men of commanding genius. 1898 Daily News 14 July 6/1 His voice has a somewhat military tone... It is a so-called ‘commanding’ voice, but capable of great modulation. 4. Dominating by superior height or strategic position; having a wide and unobstructed prospect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in higher position > dominating commandinga1661 uncommanded1693 domineering1694 predominant1796 dominant1853 overlooking1898 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [adjective] > dominating by virtue of position commandinga1661 a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 13 A high and commanding turret. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Commanding Ground,..is such as overlooks any Post, or strong Place. 1842 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. X. 324 His guns, established on a commanding knoll in the centre. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 251 Commanding views in literature, philosophy, and science. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1400adj.1483
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