fix meaning
EN[ˈfɪks] [-ɪks]US
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- Fix may refer to:
FR fix
- NounPLfixesSUF-fix
- A repair or corrective action.
- 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.
- It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
- (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.
- As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
- A determination of location.
- We have a fix on your position.
- (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
- A repair or corrective action.
- VerbSGfixesPRfixingPT, PPfixtPT, PPfixed
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- 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.
- The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
- She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
- (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
- She fixed dinner for the kids.
- (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.
- 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.
- (transitive, 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.
- (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.
- Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- (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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Each team will have 30 minutes (or some fixed about of time) to plan and create a Pecha Kucha on [name a particular topic]
- Embryos were dechorionized in 50% bleach and fixed as described before [42 ].
- In this work, we consider the case where each element is spontaneously excited at a fixed average rate and thereby initiates a new autowave.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- My 360 red ringed and I had to ship it to Texas to get it fixed.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of fix in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary