A chief or leader.
An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
The leader of a group of workers.
To act as captain
To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
An order to do something.
Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
A command performance.
A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
To hold, to control the use of.
To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.