Command vs Fix - What's the difference?

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Command is a related term of fix.

As a noun command

is an order to do something.

As a verb command

is to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

As an abbreviation fix is

(clotting factor ix).

command

English

Noun

(en noun)

An order to do something.

I was given a command to cease shooting.

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

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

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

General Smith was placed in command .

The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.

Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.'' (''H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 180)

(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.

* 1899 ,

I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river.

Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.

(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.

(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.

He's got good command tonight.

Verb

(en verb)

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.

* Francis Bacon

We are commanded' to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are ' commanded to forgive our friends.

* Shakespeare

Go to your mistress: / Say, I command her come to me.

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

* Macaulay

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.

* Shakespeare

Such aid as I can spare you shall command .

To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.

he commanded silence

If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Mat. IV. 3.)

* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]

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.

to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)

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.

To hold, to control the use of.

The fort commanded the bay.

* Motley

bridges commanded by a fortified house

* Shakespeare

Up to the eastern tower, / Whose height commands as subject all the vale.

* Addison

One side commands a view of the finest garden.

(archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.

* Milton

Far and wide his eye commands .

(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

* Bible, Leviticus xxv. 21

I will command my blessing upon you.

Synonyms

* (give an order) decree, order

Derived terms

* chain of command * commandable * command economy * commandeer * commander * commandery * command guidance * commanding * command key * command language * command line * commandment * command module * command performance * command post * high command * second in command * self-command * trains command * your wish is my command

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fix

English

Alternative forms

* fixe (archaic)

Noun

(es)

A repair or corrective action.

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, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}

A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.

(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

* (Alain Jourgensen)

"Just one fix !"

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)

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

(obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

# (by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.

He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"

To attach; to affix; to hold in place.

A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.

A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.

# (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.

She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.

To mend, to repair.

That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.

(informal) To prepare (food).

She fixed dinner for the kids.

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 extortionSutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]

A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.

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

Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.

(transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.

(informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.

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.

Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.

(Abney)

To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

* (rfdate) (Waller)

Your kindness banishes your fear, / Resolved to fix forever here.

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.

(Francis Bacon)

Synonyms

* (make a contest unfair) doctor, rig * (render infertile) neuter, spay, desex, castrate * See also

Antonyms

* (to hold in place) move, change

Derived terms

* affix, affixative, fixed * fixings, fixity, fixety * fix someone's wagon, fix someone up with

References

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