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com|ing ◆◆◆ /kʌ m I ŋ/ ADJ [ADJ n] A coming event or time is an event or time that will happen soon. □  This obviously depends on the weather in the coming months.

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1 N‑SING When something reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people, you can refer to this as its coming of age . □  …postwar Germany's final coming-of-age as an independent sovereign state.

2 N‑SING [with poss] Someone's coming of age is the time when they become legally an adult. □  …traditional coming-of-age ceremonies.

co m|ings and go |ings N‑PLURAL [with poss] Comings and goings refers to the way people keep arriving at and leaving a particular place. □ [+ of ] They noted the comings and goings of the journalists.

com|ma /kɒ mə/ (commas ) N‑COUNT A comma is the punctuation mark, which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list.

com|mand ◆◇◇ /kəmɑː nd, -mæ nd/ (commands , commanding , commanded )

1 VERB If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it. [mainly WRITTEN ] □ [V n to-inf] He commanded his troops to attack. □ [V with quote] 'Get in your car and follow me,' he commanded. □ [V that] He commanded that roads be built to link castles across the land. □ [V n with quote] 'Don't panic,' I commanded myself. [Also V n] ● N‑VAR Command is also a noun. □  The tanker failed to respond to a command to stop. □  …the note of command in his voice.

2 VERB [no cont] If you command something such as respect or obedience, you obtain it because you are popular, famous, or important. □ [V n] …an excellent physician who commanded the respect of all his colleagues.

3 VERB If an army or country commands a place, they have total control over it. □ [V n] Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea. ● N‑UNCOUNT Command is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …the struggle for command of the air.

4 VERB An officer who commands part of an army, navy, or air force is responsible for controlling and organizing it. □ [V n] …the French general who commands the U.N. troops in the region. □ [V ] He didn't just command. He personally fought in several heavy battles. ● N‑UNCOUNT Command is also a noun. □ [+ of ] He took command of 108 Squadron.

5 N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] In the armed forces, a command is a group of officers who are responsible for organizing and controlling part of an army, navy, or air force. □  He had authorisation from the military command to retaliate.

6 N‑COUNT In computing, a command is an instruction that you give to a computer.

7 N‑UNCOUNT If someone has command of a situation, they have control of it because they have, or seem to have, power or authority. □ [+ of ] Mr Baker would take command of the campaign. □  It was his senior partner who was in command.

8 N‑UNCOUNT Your command of something, such as a foreign language, is your knowledge of it and your ability to use this knowledge. □ [+ of ] His command of English was excellent.

9 → see also high command , second-in-command

10 PHRASE If you have a particular skill or particular resources at your command , you have them and can use them fully. [FORMAL ] □  She sought revenge with all the skills at her command.

com|man|dant /kɒ məndænt/ (commandants ) N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE A commandant is an army officer in charge of a particular place or group of people.