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Synonyms:
- command, regularity, guidance, degree, mandate, position, course, decree, rank, designation, arrangement, instruction, behest, status, decoration, disposition, legality, authority, species, subordination, direction, condition, regulation, method, routine, best, requirement, array, injunction, ribbon, sort, superintendence, precept, law, legislation, control, standing, knighthood, instruction, genus, direction, progression, class, mandate. ordinance, denomination, rule, discipline, station, command, charge, bidding, Kind, supervision, prohibition, injunction, character, gradation
Examples:
- - Instruction implies superiority of knowledge, direction of authority on the part of the giver; a teacher gives instructions to his pupils, an employer gives directions to his workmen. Order is still more authoritative than direction; soldiers, sailors, and railroad employees have simply to obey the orders of their superiors, without explanation or question; an order in the commercial sense has the authority of the money which the one ordering the goods pays or is to pay. Command is a loftier word, as well as highly authoritative, less frequent in common life; we speak of the commands of God, or sometimes, by polite hyperbole, ask of a friend, " Have you any commands for me?" A requirement is imperative, but not always formal, nor made by a personal agent; it may be in the nature of things; as, the requirements of the position. Prohibition is wholly negative; it is a command not to do; injunction is now oftenest so used, especially as the requirement by legal authority that certain action be suspended or refrained from, pending final legal decision. Compare ARRAY; CLASS; LAW; PROHIBIT; SYSTEM.
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