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How to pronounce commanding in English?

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Synonyms dominating, overlooking


a commanding view of the ocean.

Examples of commanding

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He throws 92 to 96 mph with a great curveball, which he's working on commanding.
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Whether Donald will ever be as commanding as world No 1 probably even he doubts.
From the independent.co.uk
It took a year for Foster's commanding officer to sign off on the court-martial.
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Military folk like structure and will follow a good commanding officer anywhere.
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Sidibe is too commanding a presence to allow such laziness on the viewer's part.
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Among women younger than 45, Deeds now holds a commanding 57 to 43 percent lead.
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Philadelphia takes a commanding three games to one lead in best-of seven series.
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With half of the 210 constituencies reporting, Mr. Odinga had a commanding lead.
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Commanding Heights is one of only three books I forcefully force people to read.
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More examples
  • Used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
  • (commander) commanding officer: an officer in command of a military unit
  • (commander) someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
  • (commander) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
  • (commander) air force officer: an officer in the airforce
  • Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.
  • (Commander (Action Force)) Z Force is a fictional infantry military unit that features in the Action Force universe, a European version of the G.I.Joe action figure and comic book series.
  • (Commander (computing)) A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. ...
  • (Commander (knife)) The Commander (knife) is a large recurve folding knife made by Emerson Knives, Inc. that was based on a custom design, the ES1-M, by Ernest Emerson that he originally built for a West Coast Navy SEAL Team. ...