command [ -pvV ] simple command
       The simple command argument is taken as an external  command  in-
       stead   of  a  function  or  builtin  and  is  executed.  If  the
       POSIX_BUILTINS option is set, builtins will also be executed  but
       certain  special  properties  of them are suppressed. The -p flag
       causes a default path to be searched instead of  that  in  $path.
       With the -v flag, command is similar to whence and with -V, it is
       equivalent to whence -v.

       See also the section `Precommand Modifiers' in zshmisc(1).
