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Meaning fix meaning

What does fix mean?
Definitions in simple English

fix Verb

— When you fix something, you repair it. The mechanic fixes my car. The mother fixed the broken toy. — When you fix something to something else, you attach it or hold it in place. A piece of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board. A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it. — When you fix something at a certain time, you make a rule or agreement that the time will not change. The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet. — If you fix an animal, you remove its reproductive organs so that it can not have babies. After you fix a male cat, it doesn't fight with other cats as much. — If you fix a game, contest, or election, somebody unfairly controls what will happen before it is over. Someone has fixed the game so that noone can win. — When you attack or punish someone, you fix them. If you do anything wrong in that city, they will fix you. Don't go into my room, or I'll fix you! — Protected from arrest or conviction. Don't worry about it, we're fixed with the cops.

fix

— verb (= repair, restore) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken She repaired her TV set Repair my shoes please — verb (= fasten) cause to be firmly attached fasten the lock onto the door she fixed her gaze on the man — verb (= specify) decide upon or fix definitely fix the variables specify the parameters — verb (= cook, make, prepare) prepare for eating by applying heat Cook me dinner, please can you make me an omelette? fix breakfast for the guests, please — verb (= get) take vengeance on or get even We'll get them! That'll fix him good! This time I got him — verb set or place definitely Let's fix the date for the party! — verb kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study — noun (= muddle) informal terms for a difficult situation he got into a terrible fix he made a muddle of his marriage — verb make fixed, stable or stationary let's fix the picture to the frame — verb (= sterilize, sterilise) make infertile in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized — verb (= prepare, ready) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc Get the children ready for school! prepare for war I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill — noun something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug she needed a fix of chocolate — noun an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers — verb influence an event or its outcome by illegal means fix a race — verb (= posit, deposit) put (something somewhere) firmly She posited her hand on his shoulder deposit the suitcase on the bench fix your eyes on this spot — noun (= repair) the act of putting something in working order again — noun a determination of the place where something is he got a good fix on the target

Synonyms fix synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fix?

fix English » English

repair mend fasten set attach settle determine arrange appoint secure restore correct establish stick renovate decide prepare affix make fast make adjust place define heal direct patch mount join fix up bind specify set up prescribe difficulty assign take care of stabilize refit ready predicament pin order limit jam improve fixing amend trouble tie up tidy up

Topics fix topics

What do people use fix to talk about?
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Problem
Daily life Food

Food preparation
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Hairstyle
Physical actions Break, wear out

Repair
Work and occupation Occupation Working with water

Plumber
Work and occupation Working with buildings Building materials

Building equipment and maintenance
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Price
Physical actions Arrange

Join, attach

Conjugation fix conjugation

How do you conjugate fix?

fix · verb

Examples fix examples

How do I use fix in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Please fix the iron.
Please fix my toy.
Please fix that.
I can't fix this.
Tom will fix it.
You need to fix it.
I'll try to fix it later.
He couldn't fix it.
I'm interested in learning how to fix a broken table.
I've been trying to fix that.
Can you fix the broken radio?
I'll fix you some coffee.
How do I fix the seat?
Hold still a moment while I fix your tie.
Will you send someone to fix it as soon as possible?
You don't have to wince like that. I'll fix it so it doesn't hurt.
You can't fix it. You should buy a new one.
That would leave me in a fix.
The minister was in a fix over illegal dealings.
Can you fix this door? It's creaking.
I had hoped to get another 50,000 miles out of my car, but it gave up the ghost on the expressway and it would cost too much to fix it.
Let me fix the switch.
I was asked to fix the bicycle.
I fix broken radios.
I had to fix the toaster.
Please fix this.
Do I have to fix up to go to their house?
I am able to fix the sink this afternoon.

Movie subtitles

I will help you fix this!
But maybe it's not too late to fix it.
Can you fix him?
And you need to fully feel that, and you need to face it, because this is just a temporary fix.
Now I have no choice but to fix it by bringing out the big guns.
Fix it with the IRS. Get our exemption.
I will fix him, sweetheart.
Once they fix the race, they ensure they get the win.
All that's left to do is to fix your signature on this.
Look, if I could just get this guy to show me the security footage, I can fix this.
Let's just getting you fix up, okay?
The ignition cable probably isn't going to fix itself!
They fix up worse things than that.
He can fix anything.
There's nothing you can do to fix it?
What now, Professor? There's time to fix this.
Well, just as long as it takes to fix up the outfit.
Well you got yourself in a nice fix.
Go on, fix the electrodes.
I think it's a little bit rough right here. I fix that.
I'll soon fix him.
The warden's gonna fix you.
We can fix that, sir.
Max, George, fix a table immediately at the railing for Mr. Nathan.
All you gotta do is fix a few things for us and we'll do the rest, see?
I suppose you want me to fix that up for you, too?
Okay, I can. I can fix it.
Fix it with the IRS.
Organic machinery is a quick fix, but it doesn't last long.
Get Doc in here to fix my back!
You come along with me and I'll fix you up.
Oh, wait, I'll fix it for you.
We'll fix things tomorrow.
They'd fix this Hyde man.
You can fix it up, can't you?
I can fix that.

News and current affairs

The Fund got the message, and now the fix is in.
Driven by short-term electoral horizons, policymakers repeatedly seek a quick fix - another bailout or one more liquidity injection.
All along, such unconventional policies were viewed as a temporary fix.
My view is that the problem would fix itself easily if only the Republican Party of Dwight D. Eisenhower could stage a comeback (though without Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy).
Argentina should have been encouraged to fix a more flexible exchange rate system, or at least an exchange rate more reflective of the country's trading patterns.
In that year, Domingo Cavallo, who already held the post of Secretary of the Treasury, took the highly symbolic decision to fix the value of the peso to the dollar through a fixed exchange rate.
To estimate the magnitude of the problem, it is compared to the total resources available to fix it.
The easiest fix is to let foreigners in so that they can channel foreign capital into domestic private ventures.
Today its problems look, as the Brookings Institution economist Peter Orszag says, much more like the equivalent of a slow tire leak: you have to fix it eventually, but it isn't very hard to do and repair it isn't terribly urgent.
But it would be far better if they made an effort to fix them.
So property rights rely on courts and legal enforcement, and markets depend on regulators to rein in abuse and fix market failures.
Why fix what is not broken?
There are ways to fix both the banking and the fiscal problem.
If not, can we fix it, and is a constitution the way to do it?
They will agree that our ability to distinguish right from wrong is something precious that we should safeguard, not a broken clock that scientists should fix.
Or they can treat the crisis as a wake-up call to fix what debt has papered over in the last few decades.
Starting in 2012, countries should redouble their efforts to fix it.
Most notable has been the work of Senator Ted Kaufman, a Democrat from Delaware (yes, a pro-business state), who has pressed tirelessly to fix the most egregious problems in the US financial sector.
Finger pointing will not fix anything.
Of course, no fix to global warming will work overnight.
To fix the roof, we may have to accept a less extravagant summer vacation.
A comprehensive euro fix will surely arrive for some of the countries at some time, but not for all of the countries anytime soon.
No quick fix will turn all this around.
That is all the more reason to fix the EU before it is too late.
This is why Russians prefer revolutions: it is easier to fix the blame on someone for the world's imperfections than bring about change in a steady, persistent way.
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