Be given and Command

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Be given verb - Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.

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Command and be given are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Command" with "Be given", this terms are similar.

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

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Be given and command are semantically related in receive topic. Sometimes you can use "Be given" instead a verb "Command".

Ensign Newbie: Ouranos is recruited specifically to be given field command of the Inquiry's forces.

Source: Video Game / I Miss the Sunrise
France withdrew from NATO's military command structure after the US and UK basically laughed at their demand to be given equal authority of NATO operations.

Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns
Jealously over his brother Optimus Prime being the one to be given the Matrix and command of the Autobots keeps him from fully joining the team (and thus being under Prime's direct command) and he's got a bad case of I Was Just Passing Through.

Source: Aloof Ally

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