commandingadjective
uk/kəˈmɑːn.dɪŋ/us/kəˈmæn.dɪŋ/commanding adjective (WITH AUTHORITY)
[ before noun ] having the authority to give orders:
a commanding officer
A commanding voice or manner seems to have authority and therefore demands your attention:
his commanding presence
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- boss
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- charge
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- dun
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- ordain
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
- steamroller
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Controlling and being in charge
commanding adjective (STRONG POSITION)
[ before noun ] in a very successful position and likely to win or succeed:
He has a commanding lead in the championships.
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Potential
- accident
- an accident waiting to happen idiom
- auspicious
- be an actor, cook, etc. in the making idiom
- budding
- fertile
- making
- not be beyond the wit of man/sb idiom
- potential
- potentiality
- potentially
- promise
- prospect
- realizable
- room
- room for improvement idiom
- sleeper
- untapped
- viable
- wit
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a commanding position/view formal
a position or view from which a lot of land can be seen:
The house occupies a commanding position at the top of the valley.
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Geography: scenery & views
- -scape
- a bird's eye view idiom
- aspect
- backdrop
- background
- bird
- foreground
- grandstand
- look
- lookout
- outlook
- overlook
- panorama
- prospect
- scene
- scenic
- the middle distance
- view
- viewpoint
- vista
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