commander
part of speech
noun (a commander, commanders; Commander as a title)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who is in charge of a group of soldiers, a ship, an aircraft, a mission or a police operation. tree →
2) (title) A rank in some navies (between lieutenant commander and captain) and in the London police. tree →
3) Anyone who leads or gives orders, like the commander of a space mission. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons commanders lead armies and fleets (for example Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar). In science and space topics, the commander leads a space mission: Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11. In games and stories children play «commander» and give orders. Phrases: «commander in chief», «army commander», «mission commander», «Commander Smith».
examples
- The commander told the soldiers to wait for the signal. tree →
- Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11. tree →
- The commander of the ship stayed on deck during the storm. tree →
- In the US, the President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. tree →
- My brother wants to be a space station commander one day. tree →
- The police commander spoke to the news reporters. tree →
- In our game, Sam was the commander and gave us all secret missions. tree →
- The Roman commanders never undertook any naval expedition without propitiating Neptune by a sacrifice. tree →
note
Spelled with double m. When used as a title before a name it takes a capital: Commander Hadfield. «Command» is the verb (to give orders) and also a noun (an order). «Commander in chief» (or commander-in-chief) is the highest commander of all forces.
In the corpora
- Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples.
- Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort —
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «commander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.