Fix Meaning and Definition

Word: Fix

How to pronounce: fɪks

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Example sentences: "Fix the clamp on a rail"

2. Decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.)

Example sentences: "No date has yet been fixed for a hearing"

3. Mend or repair.

Example sentences: "You should fix that shelf"

4. Make arrangements for (something); organize.

Example sentences: "I've fixed it for you to see him on Thursday"

5. Make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent.

Example sentences: "He perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate"

6. Influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, contest, or election) by illegal or underhanded means.

7. Take an injection of a narcotic drug.

8. Castrate or spay (an animal); neuter.

Example sentences: "The cancers of the reproductive organs are very rare in cats that have been fixed."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

2. A dose of a narcotic drug to which one is addicted.

3. A measure taken to resolve a problem or correct a mistake; a solution or remedy.

Example sentences: "The company is working on a fix but suggests users consider technical workarounds in the meantime"

4. A position determined by visual or radio bearings or astronomical observations.

Example sentences: "The radio operator received the distress call and calculated the fix"

5. A dishonest or underhanded arrangement.

Synonyms:

mend

rectify

fix up

install

set

define

determine

arrange

fit

specify

designate

agree

lay

put

decide

solve

settle

commit

freeze

prepare

cook

make

repair

reparation

correct

improve

secure

fasten

affix

attach

catch

bind

get

embed

patch

patching

put in order

remedy

lock

clamp

stick

anchor

revamp

renovate

recondition

restore

cure

heal

mending

locating

place

rig

emplace

fixture

ready

dilemma

moor

quagmire

judgment

Antonyms:

break

weaken

damage

breakage

Derivations:

fixing

fixed

fixer

fixate

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Fix in Other Languages...

Spanish: Fijar

German: Beheben

French: Fixer

Italian: Fissare

Turkish: Düzeltmek