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command and control

command and control noun: the management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force.

Noun

command and control (uncountable)

  1. The management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force.
    • "American police simply were not prepared for the challenge that they faced in terms of planning, logistics, training and police command-and-control supervision," said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a nonprofit that advises departments on management and...2021 March 20, Kim Barker, Mike Baker, Ali Watkins, “In City After City, Police Completely Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests”, in The New York Times
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  2. The management of a polity's economic and political resources by state officials themselves, rather than by more democratic or spontaneous means.
    • command-and-control economy

Synonyms of command and control

Words formed from command and control

Questions about command and control

What does command and control mean?
Command and control means the management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force.
What part of speech is command and control?
Command and control is a noun.

Words near command and control in the dictionary

  1. commaing
  2. commaless
  3. commalessness
  4. commalike
  5. command
  6. command and control
  7. command and service module
  8. command and service modules
  9. command economies
  10. command economy
  11. command hierarchies

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