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commanding

Translation
commanding
/keuh man"ding, -mahn"-/, adj.
1. being in command: a commanding officer.
2. appreciably superior or imposing; winning; sizable: a commanding position; a commanding lead in the final period.
3. having the air, tone, etc., of command; imposing; authoritative: a man of commanding appearance; a commanding voice.
4. dominating by position, usually elevation; overlooking: a commanding bluff at the mouth of the river.
5. (of a view, or prospect) provided by a commanding location and so permitting dominance: a commanding view of the mouth of the river.
[1475-85; COMMAND + -ING2]

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Фильмы

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  • The Sixth Commandment., 1990 — The film about the sixth Christian commandment "Don't Kill" and about people who did not follow it.