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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, force upon, give directions, give orders, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, lay down the law, mark out, oblige, ordain, order, ordinate, proclaim, prohibit, put foot down, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, send for, set, subpoena, summon, take charge, take lead, task, tell, warn |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be worthwhile; have supremacy |
| Synonyms: | antecede, be classed, be worth, belong, come first, count among, forerun, go ahead of, go before, have the advantage, outrank, precede, stand, take the lead |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Command. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod., despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions; appointment, fixture., demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication; ultimatum (terms); request; requirement., dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment (law); plebiscite (choice).
-verbs
command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders., prescribe, set, appoint, mark out; set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task; set to work, put in requisition., bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on (compel)., claim, lay claim to, revendicate, reclaim., cite, summon; call for, send for; subpoena; beckon., issue a command; make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order; give the word of command, give the word, give the signal; call to order; give the law, lay down the law; assume the command (authority); remand., be ordered; receive an order
-adjectives
commanding; authoritative; decretory, decretive, decretal; callable, jussive.
-adverbs
in a commanding tone; by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen; by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons.
-phrases
the decree is gone forth; sic volo sic jubeo; le Roi le veut; boutez en avant.
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