Commandeer vs. Command — What's the Difference?

To seize for military or police use; confiscate.

Give an authoritative or peremptory order

To take arbitrarily or by force

Dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height

To force into military service.

Be in a strong enough position to have or secure

(transitive) To seize for military use.

An authoritative order

(transitive) To force into military service.

The ability to use or control something

(transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.

An instruction or signal causing a computer to perform one of its basic functions.

To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).

To direct with authority; give orders to.

To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; - orig. used of the Boers.

To have control or authority over; rule

To take arbitrary or forcible possession of.

To have at one's disposal

Take arbitrarily or by force;

To deserve and receive as due; exact

To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over

To dominate by physical position; overlook

To give orders.

To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.

The act of commanding.

An order given with authority.

(Computers) A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.

The authority to command

Possession and exercise of the authority to command

Ability to control or use; mastery

Dominance by location; extent of view.

The jurisdiction of a commander.

A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.

A unit of the US Air Force that is larger than an air force.

Of, relating to, or constituting a command

Done or performed in response to a command

An order to do something.

The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

Power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.

The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.

(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.

Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.

(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.

(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.

A command performance.

(ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

(ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.

(transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.

(transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.

(transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.

(transitive) To hold, to control the use of.

To have a view, as from a superior position.

(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.

To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.

To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.

To direct to come; to bestow.

To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

To have a view, as from a superior position.

An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

The possession or exercise of authority.

Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.

Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.

A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

A military unit or region under the control of a single officer

The power or authority to command;

Availability for use;

A position of highest authority;

Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;

(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

Be in command of;

Make someone do something

Demand as one's due;

Look down on;

Exercise authoritative control or power over;