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# commander

«commander» in Mova's school dictionary: **in charge of a group of soldiers, a ship, an aircraft, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#m1)

2) (title) A rank in some navies (between lieutenant commander and captain) and in the London police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#m2)

3) Anyone who leads or gives orders, like the commander of a space mission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x1)
- Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x2)
- The commander of the ship stayed on deck during the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x3)
- In the US, the President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x4)
- My brother wants to be a space station commander one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x5)
- The police commander spoke to the news reporters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x6)
- In our game, Sam was the commander and gave us all secret missions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x7)
- The Roman commanders never undertook any naval expedition without propitiating Neptune by a sacrifice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1208/)
- [Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.103/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «commander» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commander/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.