"give command" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a directive, order, or instruction that someone has been asked to follow. For example: "The manager gave a command to complete the project by the end of the week."
Only on Thursday, the sixth day of air and missile strikes, did the allies reach an agreement to give command of the "no-fly" operation to NATO after days of public quarreling that exposed the divisions among the alliance's members.
"Until President Kabila has recovered, and to ensure stability, the government has decided to give command of the government and military to Maj. Gen. Joseph Kabila," Dominique Sakombi Inongo, a government spokesman, said after a cabinet meeting in Kinshasa.
Before Ziegler and the operations officer got together to plan a helicopter assault on the guerrillas, Vann would always insist on a session in the War Room, at which Cao would give "command guidance" to everyone on what he wanted to achieve.
Donop, who despised Rall, was reluctant to give command of Trenton to him.
However, the other naval powers, including Corinth and Aegina refused to give command to the Athenians, and Themistocles pragmatically backed down.
However, First Lord of the Admiralty Edward Hawke refused, going so far as to say he would rather cut off his right hand than give command of a Navy vessel to someone not educated as a seaman.
Teachers can give commands, such as "jump over logs" and "duck under branches".
Give commands at a moderate, consistent tempo.
He can give commands to anyone below him.
He may give commands to everyone, but the General.
Project your voice and learn to give commands.
