different between command vs fix

English

Etymology

From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander (modern French commander), from Vulgar Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare, from mand? (“I order, command”). Compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??mænd/
• Hyphenation: com?mand

Noun

command (countable and uncountable, plural commands)

1. An order to do something.

   I was given a command to cease shooting.

2. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

   to have command of an army
3. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

   he had command of the situation

   England has long held command of the sea

   a good command of language
4. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.

   General Smith was placed in command.

5. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
   • 1851, Herbert Spencer, Social Statics, p. 180

     Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.

6. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
7. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
8. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
9. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.

   He's got good command tonight.

10. A command performance.
    • 1809, Dorothy Jordan, letter, cited in Claire Tomalin, Mrs Jordan's Profession, Penguin 2012, p. 220:

      Atkinson […] had hinted to me that the Duke of Richmond was so delighted with my acting that he should not be surprised if there was a second command.

Translations

See also

• imperative mood

References

• Command on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

command (third-person singular simple present commands, present participle commanding, simple past and past participle commanded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

   The soldier was commanded to cease firing.

   The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Revenge

     We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.

   to command an army or a ship
3. (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.

   he commanded silence

   • 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)[1]

     The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.

4. (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.

   Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)

5. (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.

   A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.

   Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.

   The best goods command the best price.

   This job commands a salary of £30,000.

6. (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.

   The fort commanded the bay.

   • Two wooden bridges led across the river; each was commanded by a fortified house

   • December 1699, Joseph Addison, letter to William Congreve

     One [side] commands a view of the finest garden.

   • 1834, The Hobart Town Magazine (volume 2, page 323)

     […] they made considerable progress in the art of embalming the wild fruits of their native land, so that they might command cranberries and hindberries at all times and seasons.

7. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
8. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

Synonyms

• (give an order): decree, order

Translations

Derived terms

References

• command in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “command”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

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)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
   1. (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
2. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
   1. (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.

3. (transitive) To mend, to repair.

4. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
5. (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

6. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

7. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
8. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

9. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
11. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Abney to this entry?)

12. (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.

    • 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.

13. (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)

1. A repair or corrective action.

   Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix

2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation

3. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
4. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
5. A determination of location.

6. (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

1. 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)

1. fixed, not changing
2. 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

1. felt-tip pen, marker

Synonyms

• popisova?

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

fix

1. first-person singular present indicative of fixen
2. imperative of fixen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiks/
• Homophone: fixe

Noun

fix m (plural fix)

1. Alternative spelling of fixe

German

Etymology

Latin f?xus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?ks]
• Homophone: Ficks

Adjective

fix (comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)

1. fixed (costs, salary)

   Synonym: fest

2. quick

   Synonym: schnell

3. 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)

1. fixed, steady

   Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott

2. immovable

   Synonym: szilárd

3. sure, certain

   Synonyms: biztos, bizonyos

Declension

Derived terms

(Compound words):

• fixpont

(Expressions):

• fix objektív

Noun

fix

1. a steady salary

Declension

References

Old French

Alternative forms

• fils, fis, fiz

Noun

fix m

1. inflection of fil:
   1. oblique plural
   2. 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)

1. fixed

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

• Homophone: ficks

Adjective

fix

1. fixed, inflexible, rigid

   en fix idé

   a fixed idea

Declension

Related terms

• fixstjärna

Noun

fix c

1. a fix, a dose of an addictive drug

Declension