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address
English
Etymology
From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from a- (from Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier (modern French dresser (“to straighten, arrange”)) < Vulgar Latin *d?recti?, from Latin d?rectus (“straight or right”), from the verb d?rig?, itself from reg? (“to govern, to rule”). Cognate with Spanish aderezar (“to garnish; dress (food); to add spices”).
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- enPR: ?dr?s?, ??dr?s, IPA(key): /??d??s/, /?æd??s/
- Verb:
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?dr?s?, IPA(key): /??d??s/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: ?dr?s?, ?dr?s?, IPA(key): /??d??s/, /æ?d??s/
- (General American, rare) enPR: ??dr?s, IPA(key): /?æd??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
- Hyphenation: ad?dress
Noun
address (plural addresses)
- Direction.
- (obsolete) Guidance; help. [15th–17th c.]
- (chiefly in the plural, now archaic) A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance. [from 16th c.]
- 1723, Richard Steele, The Lover and Reader, page 115:
- [H]e was thus agreeable, and I neither insensible of his Perfections, nor displeased at his Addresses to me […] .
- 1723, Richard Steele, The Lover and Reader, page 115:
- A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style. [from 16th c.]
- A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament. [from 17th c.]
- An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. [from 17th c.]
- 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, VII:
- Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer.
- 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, VII:
- A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter. [from 17th c.]
- (by extension) The property itself. [from 19th c.]
- (computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address. [from 20th c.]
- Preparation.
- (now rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability. [from 16th c.]
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 129:
- The warmth of Father Pedro's constitution had formerly drawn him into some scrapes from which it required all his address to disengage himself, and rendered him exceedingly cautious ever after.
- 1813, "Customs, Manners, and present Appearance of Constantinople", The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1812, p. 179 (Google preview):
- At their turning-lathes, they employ their toes to guide the chisel; and, in these pedipulations, shew to Europeans a diverting degree of address.
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 129:
- (obsolete) The act of getting ready; preparation. [17th–18th c.]
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:
- But now again she makes address to speak.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:
- (golf) The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging. [from 19th c.]
- (now rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms
- adroitness
- discourse
- harangue
- ingenuity
- lecture
- oration
- petition
- readiness
- speech
- tact
Derived terms
- subaddress
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: adres
- ? Bole: adireshi
- ? Cebuano: adres
- ? Sinhalese: ??????? (æ?ras)
- ? Tagalog: adres
Translations
Verb
address (third-person singular simple present addresses, present participle addressing, simple past and past participle addressed or (obsolete) addrest)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
- Young Turnus to the Beauteous Maid addre?s’d.
- (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I Canto X:
- And this good knight his way with me addrest.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I Canto X:
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
- Then Turnus, from his chariot, leaping light, Addre?s’d him?elf on foot to ?ingle fight.
- 1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life According to the Christian Institution
- The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.
- (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- […] good heavens! dumplings for supper! One young fellow in a green box coat, addressed himself to these dumplings in a most direful manner.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
- 1701, Thomas Brown, Laconics, or New Maxims of State and Conversation, London: Thomas Hodgson, section 76, p. 103,[1]
- In the Reign of King Charles the Second, a certain Worthy Divine at Whitehall, thus Address’d himself to the Auditory at the conclusion of his Sermon.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter 11,[2]
- He addressed himself directly to Miss Bennet, with a polite congratulation […]
- 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., p. 66, Article V, Section 34,[3]
- When any member is about to speak in debate, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to “Mr. Chairman.”
- 1701, Thomas Brown, Laconics, or New Maxims of State and Conversation, London: Thomas Hodgson, section 76, p. 103,[1]
- (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
- Synonyms: beclothe, dight, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe
- (Discuss(+) this sense) (transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
- though the young Heroe had addre?s’d his Prayers to him for his a??i?tance
- (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
- Are not your orders to address the senate?
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 3
- The representatives of the nation in parliament, and the privy council, address the king
- 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
- Rimmer paused for no discernible reason, then yelled, equally inexplicably: 'Shut up!', wheeled round 180º, and appeared to be addressing a dartboard.
- (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
- (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- Synonyms: romance, put the moves on; see also Thesaurus:woo
- (transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
- (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- He stepped away from the sink, put up the toilet ring (Vi complained bitterly if he forgot to put it down when he was through, but never seemed to feel any pressing need to put it back up when she was), and addressed the John.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
- (transitive, computing) To refer to a location in computer memory.
- (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
Usage notes
- The intransitive uses can be understood as omission of the reflexive pronoun.
Derived terms
- addressee
- addresser
Translations
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?adr?s/
Noun
address (plural addresses)
- an address
Verb
address (third-person singular present addresses, present participle addressin, past addresst, past participle addresst)
- to address
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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fix
English
Etymology
From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fixe (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin f?xus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from f?gere (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eyg?- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?f?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Verb
fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
- (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- (transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Abney to this entry?)
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- 1665, Edmund Waller, “Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House”:
- Accu?ing ?ome malignant Star,
Not Britain, for that fateful War,
Your kindne?s bani?hes your fear,
Re?olv’d to fix for ever here.
- Accu?ing ?ome malignant Star,
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:
- A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,
Flew there on restless wing,
Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
- A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
- 1665, Edmund Waller, “Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House”:
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- quicksilver will 'fix, so asto endure the hammer
Alternative forms
- fixe (archaic)
Synonyms
- (pierce): impale, run through, stick
- (hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
- (mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
- (make a contest unfair): doctor, rig
- (render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate
- (settle or remain permanently): establish, settle down
Antonyms
- (to hold in place): move, change
Derived terms
- affix, affixative, fixed
- fixings, fixity, fixety
- fix someone's wagon, fix someone up with
Descendants
- ? Dutch: fixen, fiksen
Translations
Noun
fix (plural fixes)
- A repair or corrective action.
- Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
- (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- A determination of location.
- (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
Descendants
- ? French: fixe, fix
Translations
References
Further reading
- fix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *w?j? (“fire”). Cognate with Thai ?? (fai), Northern Thai ?? (fai), Lao ?? (fai), Lü ?? (fay), Tai Dam ??, Shan ??? (pháy) or ??? (fáy), Tai Nüa ??? (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek ???.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi??/
Noun
fix
- fire
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fixus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?fiks/
- Rhymes: -iks
Adjective
fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)
- fixed, not changing
- stationary
Derived terms
- fixar
- telefonia fixa
Further reading
- “fix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?ks]
- Rhymes: -?ks
Noun
fix m
- felt-tip pen, marker
Synonyms
- popisova?
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
fix
- first-person singular present indicative of fixen
- imperative of fixen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiks/
- Homophone: fixe
Noun
fix m (plural fix)
- Alternative spelling of fixe
German
Etymology
Latin f?xus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [f?ks]
- Homophone: Ficks
Adjective
fix (comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)
- fixed (costs, salary)
- Synonym: fest
- quick
- Synonym: schnell
- smart
- Synonym: aufgeweckt
Declension
Descendants
- ? Hungarian: fix
See also
- fix und fertig
Hungarian
Etymology
From German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fiks]
- Rhymes: -iks
Adjective
fix (not comparable)
- fixed, steady
- Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott
- immovable
- Synonym: szilárd
- sure, certain
- Synonyms: biztos, bizonyos
Declension
Derived terms
(Compound words):
- fixpont
(Expressions):
- fix objektív
Noun
fix
- a steady salary
Declension
References
Old French
Alternative forms
- fils, fis, fiz
Noun
fix m
- inflection of fil:
- oblique plural
- nominative singular
Romanian
Etymology
From French fixe, from Latin fixus.
Adjective
fix m or n (feminine singular fix?, masculine plural fic?i, feminine and neuter plural fixe)
- fixed
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
- Homophone: ficks
Adjective
fix
- fixed, inflexible, rigid
- en fix idé
- a fixed idea
- en fix idé
Declension
Related terms
- fixstjärna
Noun
fix c
- a fix, a dose of an addictive drug
Declension
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