company commander

collocation in English

meaningsofcompanyandcommander

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company
noun
uk
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/us
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
an organization that sells goods or services in order to ...
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commander
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɑːn.dər/us
/kəˈmæn.dɚ/
an officer who is in charge of a military operation, or an officer of a particular rank in many countries' ...
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(Definition ofcompanyandcommanderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Acompanycommandercommands his men.
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That said, the question authorizes the interviewee's informed opinion on the "unit cohesion issue" based on her experience as a "formercompanycommander" in the military.
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The photograph was therefore specially taken in the presence of hiscompanycommander.
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Once commissioned, the officer looks forward to becoming a squadron, battery orcompanycommander.
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I mean on thecompanycommander, flight leader, and squadron-leader level.
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We recommend greater power to write off these losses, even down tocompanycommanderlevel.
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I now come to the man's character and what thecompanycommandersaid.
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During the day, both thecompanycommanderand the company sergeant major went into the hut.
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Thecompanycommanderhad reconnoitred and chosen the shallowest place for crossing.
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Soodla was acompanycommander.
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He was then placed on a charge and brought before hiscompanycommander, who ordered him to remove the ribbon.
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The recommendation went up from thecompanycommanderto the battalion commander, from the battalion commander to the brigade commander.
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Thecompanycommanderknew the man, and with the help of his platoon commanders knew the background of the man.
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It would have been even more awkward for thecompanycommanderhad it turned out to be the brigadier.
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It is rather like having a regiment with a commanding officer, two seconds-in-command and only onecompanycommander.
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He was soon promoted tocompanycommander.
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Then he became acompanycommander.
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Afterwards he served as acompanycommander.
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There he served as acompanycommanderand guard officer.
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Facing certain encirclement thecompanycommanderordered a withdrawal.
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Two months later he was appointedcompanycommander.
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The power to arrest is delegated tocompanycommanderlevel.
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Each company is commanded by a territorialcompanycommander, who is supported by territorial platoon commanders, when they can be recruited.
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It might be suggested that thecompanycommanderand the medical officer should have overridden her objections, but one has to remember two things.
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Before the war, and in the first year of the war, a man's welfare was the responsibility of hiscompanycommander.
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