command

/kəˈmɑːnd/ verb formal

Translation

CONTROL [T] › to control someone or something and tell them what to do

komuta etmek, yönetmek, emir komuta etmek

He commanded the armed forces.1177

ORDER [I, T] › to order someone to do something

emretmek, buyurmak

[+ to do sth] The officer commanded his men to shoot.1177

command attention/loyalty/respect, etc › to deserve and get attention, loyalty, respect, etc from other people

başkalarından saygı, dikkat, bağlılık görmek, hak etmek, kazanmak

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(Definition of command verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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