Ordered (8)
'ordered' is the definition.
(commanding is a kind of ordering)
This is the entire clue.
(Another definition for commanded that I've seen is " Ordered".)
'ordered' is the definition.
(directing is a kind of ordering)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for directed that I've seen before include "charged" , "Regulated activities or showed the way" , "Aimed" , "Credited with having made a film" , "Guided, superintended" .)
'ordered' is the definition.
(past tense of 'bid' as in to order)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for bade that I've seen before include "Commanded with bead" , "Invited" , "Ordered" .)
'ordered' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Another definition for bossed that I've seen is " Ordered".)