Command
How words are described
| human | human command | human keep |
| good | good command | good keep |
| full | full command | full keep |
| best | best command | best keep |
| Other adjectives: better, specific, complete, original, proper, single, open, actual, vocal, great, personal, major. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's been said that NBC gave Roddenberry a Sadistic Choice: either keep the female second-in-command or keep Spock, but not both.
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Project Freelancer were going to use the place to hide the Alpha AI, so Agent Florida purposely assembled the worst soldiers from both the Red and Blue armies to fill the ranks, and even had a computerized personality (Vic) act as Command and keep both sides at a stalemate.
Source: Spanner in the Works -
In games with ATB, the character will defend indefinitely until they are issued a different command, giving it some use as a way to keep one character on standby.
Source: Defend Command
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Keep and Command. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/keep
Command & Keep. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/keep>.
Keep or Command. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/keep.
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