command
verb (used with object)
to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order.
am commanding
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present progressiveof command (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Question: "Do they know that I am commanding this expedition?"
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
I am commanding men, not fools or children—isn’t it so?”
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
“Now I am commanding officer,” I thought, “and I will see what is next to be done.”
From Peter the Whaler by Henry Austin
I am commanding officer, adjutant, officer on duty, and all the rest since we left the main body.
From In Flanders Fields and Other Poems by Sir Andrew Macphail
I doubted that I could secure your willing cooperation; therefore, I am commanding it.
From Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various
