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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

posto de comando

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈpostu dʒi koˈmɐ̃du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Command post/kəˈmænd poʊst/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O oficial assumiu o controle a partir do posto de comando."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A military facility or headquarters from which a commander directs operations and exercises control over forces.

    "The general established the main command post near the front lines to closely monitor the tactical situation."
  2. 2

    By extension, any central office, desk, or location from which an operation, project, or crisis is managed.

    "During the product launch, the conference room served as our operational command post."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'command', derived from the Latin 'commandare' meaning to entrust or order, with 'post', originating from the Latin 'ponere' meaning to place or position. Originally used in military terminology during the early 20th century, it designated a fixed or mobile unit from which a commanding officer directs operations.

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