commanded
kuh-MAN-did/kəˈmændɪd/UKkuh-MAHN-did/kəˈmɑːndɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of command.
The officer commanded the unit through the entire campaign.
Her quiet authority commanded the attention of everyone in the room.
Note
One spelling does two jobs. As a past tense it stands alone: the general commanded the garrison. As a participle it needs a helper, have for the perfect or be for the passive: the troops were commanded to hold the bridge. The participle covers every sense of the verb, so a fort can have commanded the valley it overlooked, and a speaker can have commanded respect she deserved.
commanded is a form of command
command, verb: To give orders to someone; to compel or direct people with authority. Full entry
- Forms
- commandcommands he/she/itcommanding -ing formcommanded past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- command → commanded: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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