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Adjective

commanding (comparative more commanding, superlative most commanding)

1. Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
   • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
2. Impressively dominant; very good and impressive.
   • a commanding structure
3. Dominating from above, giving a wide view (of a place or position)
   • 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.2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury

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