overall command

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandcommand

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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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command
noun
uk
/kəˈmɑːnd/us
/kəˈmænd/
an order, especially one given by ...
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(Definition ofoverallandcommandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He had twenty-five personal guards, and tookoverallcommandof the local population.
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In such an event the county brigade assumesoverallcommand.
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Was not the quality of theoverallcommandof this successful operation very important?
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Galiano was givenoverallcommandof the expedition.
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What the forces do must be clearly defined, and there must be clear reporting mechanisms in thatoverallcommandand control structure.
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Has it not been that there should not be anoverallcommand, but that it should really be separate and divided into two?
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I also have the impression that there was nooverallcommandor co-ordination of the efforts to overcome the logistical problems.
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Eyssen was the more senior of the two captains, and assumedoverallcommandof the force.
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Priscus, as the more senior of the two, also heldoverallcommand.
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Aumale was givenoverallcommand; but this heterogeneous army defied all attempts at co-ordinated direction.
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There, he assumed theoverallcommandafter successfully mobilizing 20,000 troops.
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Regimental records do not state who was inoverallcommandof the regiment.
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In time of war it was to assumeoverallcommand, but in peace acted only advisory.
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We would not usually invoke the powers to takeoverallcommandof an operation, but, where the situation warrants it, we would have the power to intervene directly.
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We have heard that there will be anoverallcommand, but local commanders must have that sort of experience if they are to be of any value.
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Being split up into numerous tribes and sections, they migrate to their summer pastures as separate bands withoutoverallcommand.
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Carthaginian officer corps heldoverallcommandof the army, although many units may have fought under their chieftains.
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The carthaginian officer corps heldoverallcommandof the army, although many units may have fought under their chieftains.
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But theoverallcommandof the investigation rests—and in our system must rest—with the officer appointed by the chief constable and, ultimately, with the chief constable himself.
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Once again, responsive and sophisticated command and control, withoverallcommandat the highest possible level, is essential to make full use of the flexibility of air defence aircraft.
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This gave them a betteroverallcommand, and increased their ability to deliver plunging fire onto the decks of enemy ships.
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The section corporal is still inoverallcommandand is in contact with the other fire team via radio if the situation changes.
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A specialist in defending walled cities, he was immediately given theoverallcommandof the defense of the land walls by the emperor.
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The post entailedoverallcommandover the army, as well as the supervision of the civil administration, hitherto the province of the vizier.
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Because of a lack ofoverallcommand, as well as a lack of supplies, many of the militia units returned home.
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