commander
US: /kəˈmændɝ/
UK: /kəmˈɑːndɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
commander /kə'mɑ:ndə/- danh từ
- người điều khiển, người cầm đầu người chỉ huy, sĩ quan chỉ huy
- the commander of an operation: người chỉ huy cuộc hành quân
- (kỹ thuật) cái vồ lớn
- người điều khiển, người cầm đầu người chỉ huy, sĩ quan chỉ huy
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a person who is in charge of sth, especially an officer in charge of a particular group of soldiers or a military operation: military / allied / field / flight commanders + the commander of the expedition
2 (abbreviation Cdr) an officer of fairly high rank in the British or American navy
3 (abbreviation Cdr) (in Britain) a London police officer of high rank
Collocation
ADJ.
supreme | deputy | air force, army, military, naval, navy, police | company, flight, group, platoon, squadron, station | Allied
General Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander in Western Europe.
PHRASES
Commander-in-Chief
RANK:
in the armed forces air force, army, navy ~
an air force/army sergeant an army/navy captain
air/field
marshal a
naval
captain/commander/lieutenant/officer
have/hold the rank of, serve as ~
She joined the navy and held the rank of captain. He served as a lieutenant in the marine corps.
be appointed, become, be made ~
He was made a colonel at the age of 40. She ought to have been made sergeant by now.
under ~
383 men under General Miles attacked the camp.
the rank of ~
She was promoted to the rank of colonel.
Concise dictionary
commanderskə'mɑːndənoun
+an officer in command of a military unit
+someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
+a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
+an officer in the airforce
