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commanding
[ kuh-man-ding, -mahn- ]
adjective
- being in command:
a commanding officer.
- appreciably superior or imposing; winning; sizable:
a commanding position; a commanding lead in the final period.
- having the air, tone, etc., of command; imposing; authoritative:
a man of commanding appearance; a commanding voice.
- dominating by position, usually elevation; overlooking:
a commanding bluff at the mouth of the river.
- (of a view, or prospect) provided by a commanding location and so permitting dominance:
a commanding view of the mouth of the river.
commanding
/ kəˈmɑːndɪŋ /
adjective
- being in command
- having the air of authority
a commanding voice
- (of a position, situation, etc) exerting control
- (of a height, viewpoint, etc) overlooking; advantageous
Derived Forms
- comˈmandingly, adverb
Other Words From
- com·manding·ly adverb
- com·manding·ness noun
- quasi-com·manding adjective
- quasi-com·manding·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of commanding1
Example Sentences
It’s the humans, though, that you’ll remember from the ground up: Adams’ camera-friendly energy and hard-won serenity; Keoghan’s cockeyed warmth, just this side of menacing; Rogowski’s strange, commanding woundedness.
Petrosian scored twice on breakouts in the last 35 seconds of the third quarter to give Cleveland a commanding seven-goal lead.
Phil Salt powered a superb century to take England to a commanding eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the first T20 in Barbados.
Marcus Smith, who put in another clever, commanding display despite defeat, sparked into life for the opening try.
The official, though incomplete, logs of Skynet-1A’s status suggest final commanding was left in the hands of the Americans when Oakhanger lost sight of the satellite in June 1977.
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