Advance and Command

Opposite meaning words

Advance verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.

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Command is an antonym for advance.

Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

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Advance is an antonym for command in rule topic.

human	human advance	human command
good	good advance	good command
full	full advance	full command
similar	similar advance	similar command
Other adjectives: complete, standard, original, single, real, great, new, major, military, imperial, soviet.

Any non-native speaker who apologizes in advance for their English will have a better command of the language than at least 60% of the forum posters.

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Not as much as he later claimed to be, though, he was placed in command of a significant part of the American forces on the northern flank of the German advance.

Source: No, Except Yes aka: Yes Except No
Cool Ship: The Frontier Dragon with an Agenda: Wahl, Zuul's second-in-command, schemes to advance his own power right up until Zuul abandons him to die in battle against Takeru.

Source: Anime / God Mars

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