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headquarters
Noun
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A headquarters is the main building in control of whatever is going on in an organization.
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A headquarters is a military command center that controls and commands troops.
allied
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adjective
related by common characteristics or ancestry
allied species
allied studies
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adjective
united in a confederacy or league
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adjective
joined by treaty or agreement
Allied
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adjective
of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
an allied offensive
the Allied powers
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adjective
of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II
an Allied victory
the Allied armies
command
Noun
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Command, is the power to control people or things.
The information moved from the soldiers up the chain of command right to the president.
Machine-gun fire swept through the general's command post.
With their centralized command structure, it's hard to believe that it could be an accidental action.
We'll look at the problems they face and the military options at their command.
These women reject the idea that they are under their husband's command.
We have not leader. Somebody needs to take command and get us moving.
Saddam Hussein was in command of one of the world's biggest military machines.
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Command is the people or place that orders come from.
This operation was planned carefully from the central command.
Reporters recently spoke to leaders at the Army's Strategic Defense Command.
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A command is a direction for a computer to do something.
A complicated command like "COPY: *. *B:PRNT1 i" could take some time for the computer to complete.
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A command is an order that somebody do something or that something happen.
He gave the command to attack.
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If you have command of something, you understand it well.
He has an excellent command of both French and Spanish.
command
Verb
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If you command someone to do something, you tell them to do it because you have power over them.
He'd first joined the Army in 1969 and commanded a unit in Vietnam.
"That's quite enough of that. Stop it right now," commanded his teacher.
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If you command attention, respect, etc., you get it because you should get it.
The amazing power of weather commands respect and fear.
Her fire-red hair commanded attention.
The wines from 1989 from that area today command high prices.
Europe
Proper noun
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Europe is a northern continent near Asia and Africa.
The United Kingdom, France, and Spain are all in Europe.
rapid
Adjective
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If an action or idea is rapid, it happens quickly.
rapid
Noun
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A fast part of a river or stream.
reaction
Noun
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A reaction is an action that happens because of another action.
When he asked her to lunch, her first reaction was to say no.
In part, McKenna sees the move to smaller cars as a natural reaction to rising gasoline prices.
Fast reaction times are common in athletes.
When oxygen is added, a chemical reaction begins and heat is released.
A severe allergic reaction to the drug has killed five Americans.
corps
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noun
an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
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noun
a body of people associated together
diplomatic corps