commanding

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of command

adj

1. Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
2. Impressively dominant.
   a commanding structure
   a man with a commanding presence
3. (of a place or position) Dominating from above, giving a wide view
   2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury On the top floor is the lever frame where signalmen are afforded an uninterrupted and commanding view of the junction below, and of Shrewsbury station's five working platforms.

noun

1. The act of giving a command.
   God could then have dispelled their ignorance by revealing to them that He had issued those commands; the fact of the occurrence of the earlier commandings would be the content of the revelation. 2006, William E. Mann, Augustine's Confessions, page 172