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As nouns the difference between command and ukase

is that command is an order to do something while ukase is an authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor.

As a verb command

is to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

command

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An order to do something.
    • I was given a command to cease shooting.
  • The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
    • to have command of an army
  • power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
    • he had command of the situation
    England has long held command of the sea
    a good command of language
  • A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
    • General Smith was placed in command .
  • The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
    • Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.'' (''H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 180)
  • (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
  • * 1899 ,
    • I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river.
  • Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
  • (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
  • (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
    • He's got good command tonight.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
    • The soldier was commanded to cease firing.
    The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • We are commanded' to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are ' commanded to forgive our friends.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Go to your mistress: / Say, I command her come to me.
  • To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
    • to command an army or a ship
  • * Macaulay
    • Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Such aid as I can spare you shall command .
  • To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
    • he commanded silence
    If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Mat. IV. 3.)
  • * 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
    • The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.
  • to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
    • Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)
  • To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
    • A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.
    Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.
    The best goods command the best price.
    This job commands a salary of £30,000.
  • To hold, to control the use of.
    • The fort commanded the bay.
  • * Motley
    • bridges commanded by a fortified house
  • * Shakespeare
    • Up to the eastern tower, / Whose height commands as subject all the vale.
  • * Addison
    • One side commands a view of the finest garden.
  • (archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
  • * Milton
    • Far and wide his eye commands .
  • (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.
  • * Bible, Leviticus xxv. 21
    • I will command my blessing upon you.

    Synonyms

    * (give an order) decree, order

    Derived terms

    * chain of command * commandable * command economy * commandeer * commander * commandery * command guidance * commanding * command key * command language * command line * commandment * command module * command performance * command post * high command * second in command * self-command * trains command * your wish is my command

    References

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    Statistics

    * English control verbs

    ukase

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ukaz/Ukaz * Ukase

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor.
  • * Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy
    • Many estates peopled with crown peasants have been, according to an ukase of Peter the Great, ceded to particular individuals on condition of establishing manufactories
  • * 1805 , The Times , 6 May 1805, page 3, col. C:
    • An Ukase , it appears, has been issued by the Emperor Alexander, to facilitate the introduction of calimancoes and other Norwich goods into his Empire.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 704:
    • The planters, he explained in a letter to Lincoln, would accept emancipation by ukase in preference to being compelled to enact it themselves in a new constitution.
  • (figuratively) Any absolutist order and/or arrogant proclamation
  • * 1965 , John Fowles, The Magus :
    • I knew a stunned plunge of disappointment and a bitter anger. What right had he to issue such an arbitrary ukase ?
  • * 2008 , Stephen Burt, "Kick Over the Scenery", London Review of Books , July 2008:
    • It is a short step from discovering that the world we know is a fake or a cheat to discovering that human beings are themselves factitious: that we are robots, ‘simulacra’ (the title of one of Dick’s novels), ‘just reflex machines’, ‘repeating doomed patterns, a single pattern, over and over’ in accordance with biological or economic ukases .

    See also

    * decree * edict * ("ukase" on Wikipedia) ----