commanding
pronunciation
How to pronounce commanding in British English:
UK [kəˈmɑ:ndɪŋ]
How to pronounce commanding in American English:
US [kəˈmændɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- of the highest rank; used of persons
- used of a height or viewpoint
Word Origin
- commanding (adj.)
- late 15c. (in astronomy), present participle adjective from command (v.). Meaning "nobly dignified" is from 1590s. Meaning "dominant by virtue of size or position" is from 1630s. Related: Commandingly (mid-15c.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. He was a man who dominated any room and all its occupants with his commanding voice and his presence , and who answered only to his wife , and to the king .
- 2. He tried to avoid a monotone in commanding his employees , sit upright during meetings and display powerful confidence at a conference table by marking his territory with a water bottle and notebook .
- 3. Yet its angular bones give it a commanding presence .
- 4. A brief half hour of nonsense followed where another official was commanding us to go through customs yet again , this time with our bikes , but the soldiers around the corner were refusing to unlock the doors .
- 5. It might be more accurate to liken the chinese economy to a flotilla of large and small boats , all steaming ahead at full bore , with little regard to the direction of the fleet or the diktats of its commanding officers in beijing .