mindmap root((命令)) command implies authority and some degree of formality and impersonality in the official exercising of authority: when his superior ~s, a soldier obeys. order may add the notion of peremptory or arbitrary exercise of power: ~ed his men about like slaves. bid suggests giving orders directly and orally: ~ her fix a drink for him. enjoin implies the giving of an order or direction authoritatively and urgently and often with admonition or solicitude: our guide ~ed us to be quiet in the cathedral. direct connotes expectation of obedience and usually concerns specific points of procedure or method: ~ed her assistant to hold all calls. instruct sometimes implies greater explicitness or formality: the judge ~ed the jury to ignore the remark. charge adds to enjoin an implication of imposing as a duty or responsibility: ~d by the president with a covert mission.