Definition of fix in English English dictionary
- To mend, to repair
That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
- A repair or corrective action
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!.
- To make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins
A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
- To make a business of getting paid 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
- To map a (point or subset) to itself
- To prepare
She fixed dinner for the kids.
- To avenge, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant
He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
- A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user
Just one fix! -Alain Jourgensen.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid
- A determination of location
We have a fix on your location.
- To attach, to become attached; to affix
A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
- To purposefully stare at someone
He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, I told you it wouldn't work!.
- To become acutely focused or obsessed
She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
- {v} to fasten, stick, place, settle, determin
- To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite
- A difficult situation or dilemma
- To attach; to affix
- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- You can refer to a solution to a problem as a fix. Many of those changes could just be a temporary fix. see also quick fix
- Federal Internet Exchange Connection point between the North American governmental internets and the Internet The FIXs are named after their geographic region, as in FIX West (Mountain View, California) and FIX East (College Park, Maryland) See CIX, GIX, and MAE
- US Federal Information Exchange
- To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room
- If someone fixes a gun, camera, or radar on something, they point it at that thing. The US crew fixed its radar on the Turkish ship
- To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling
- If you fix something for someone, you arrange for it to happen or you organize it for them. I've fixed it for you to see Bonnie Lachlan It's fixed. He's going to meet us at the airport They thought that their relatives would be able to fix the visas He vanished after you fixed him with a job We fixed for the team to visit our headquarters They'd fixed yesterday that Mike'd be in late today
- To make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair; to privilege one contestant, usually before the content happens
- money is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
- take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
- If you fix a problem or a bad situation, you deal with it and make it satisfactory. It's not too late to fix the problem, although time is clearly getting short Fixing a 40-year-old wrong does not mean, however, that history can be undone
- cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
- the act of putting something in working order again
- 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
- To prepare. He fixed dinner for the kids
- You can use fix to refer to an amount of something which a person gets or wants and which helps them physically or psychologically to survive. The trouble with her is she needs her daily fix of publicity. a quick energy fix
- If you fix some food or a drink for someone, you make it or prepare it for them. Sarah fixed some food for us Let me fix you a drink Scotty stayed behind to fix lunch
- Financial Information Exchange protocol
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!
- If you get a fix on someone or something, you have a clear idea or understanding of them. It's been hard to get a steady fix on what's going on
- Federal Internet Exchange A connection point between the North American governmental internets and the Internet The FIXs are named after their geographic regions, as in "FIX West" (Mountain View, California) and "FIX East" (College Park, Maryland) See CIX and GIX
- Federal Internet Exchange, a network of exchange points that interconnect federal government networks
- If you fix something, for example a date, price, or policy, you decide and say exactly what it will be. He's going to fix a time when I can see him The prices of milk and cereals, are fixed annually. = set
- An instance of fixing
- a mix of spirit, lemon, sugar, water and fruit on crushed ice in a highball
- A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
- 1 To find a boat's position by celestial or land observation; 2 A boat's position as marked on a chart, established by taking bearings on two or more known landmark's (visual fix) or two or more radio sources (electronic fix)
- To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light
- A measure of your receiver's position quality A fix of 1 is poor, 9 is best
- To mend or repair
- If you fix your hair, clothes, or make-up, you arrange or adjust them so you look neat and tidy, showing you have taken care with your appearance. `I've got to fix my hair,' I said and retreated to my bedroom
- The Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol is a messaging standard developed for the real-time electronic exchange of securities transactional data between institutional investors and broker-dealers
- A known position, obtained by sighting of objects of known position and applying their bearings from your position, or by close proximity to the known location itself, or by application of other ingenious methods developed over the centuries by sailors and mathematicians
- A change made in a computer program to correct a bug See BUG
- vi [to mend/repair (Can you ~ these shoes?)] memperbaiki (baik)
- a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"
- vulnerabilities with automated remediation
- Financial Information Exchange, a proposed standard for communicating order and trade information between investors and brokers
- If you say that you are fixing to do something, you mean that you are planning or intending to do it. I'm fixing to go to graduate school see also fixed, fixings
- Old English term for a gerb that is not a turning case Very often these gerbs had a "bounce"
- disapproval If you accuse someone of fixing prices, you accuse them of making unfair arrangements to charge a particular price for something, rather than allowing market forces to decide it. a suspected cartel that had fixed the price of steel for the construction market The company is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing
- set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
- I'm in a fix A predicament The allusion is to machinery which will not move The Northumberland was in a terrible fix at the launch, when it refused to leave the dock (1866 )
- In navigation, a relatively accurate position determined without reference to any former position It may be classed as visual, sonic, celestial, electronic, radio, hyperbolic, loran, radar, etc , depending upon the means of establishing it
- make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- an exemption granted after influence (e g , money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
- disapproval If someone fixes a race, election, contest, or other event, they make unfair or illegal arrangements or use deception to affect the result. They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive league match against Valenciennes this week's report of match-fixing. = rig Fix is also a noun. It's all a fix, a deal they've made
- The position of a boat recorded in coordinates or bearings
- fix it again Tony
- a derogatory slang name for Fiat, the Italian auto maker, due to its commonly perceived frequent breakdowns when used in North America
- fix someone's wagon
- To cause injury, distress, or inconvenience to someone, especially as punishment or as a comeuppance
According to Mr Breeden, Lord Black said that the libel laws in the UK and Canada would permit him to sue and indicated he would go after the houses of board members. . . . He was going to fix their wagon good, said Mr Breeden.
- fix up
- To prepare or provide (something)
His mother went off to fix up a snack.
- fix up
- To provide (someone) (with something); to furnish
Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night?.
- fix up
- To repair or refurbish
I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.
- fix a date
- agree to meet together; set a time or deadline
- fix on
- If you fix on a particular thing, you decide that it is the one you want and will have. The Vietnamese government has fixed on May 19th to celebrate his anniversary
- fix one's eyes on
- gaze upon, set one's sites on, stare at, look toward
- fix one's hopes on
- desire something strongly
- fix the blame on
- direct criticism to, hold someone responsible, incriminate, point one's finger at
- fix up
- make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"
- fix up
- If you fix someone up with something they need, you provide it for them. He was fixed up with a job
- fix up
- find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"
- fix up
- If you fix something up, you arrange it. I fixed up an appointment to see her
- fix up
- refurbish, repair; clear up, settle, set right; punish
- fix up
- If you fix something up, you do work that is necessary in order to make it more suitable or attractive. I've fixed up Matthew's old room = do up
- fix up
- find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl
- -fix
- Forming nouns denoting a morpheme used in word formation joined to a word in the specified way (e.g.: infix = "attached within", circumfix = "attached around")
- -fix
- Forming verbs denoting fastening or attaching (something) in the specified way (e.g.: suffix = "append", prefix = "preface")
- Saxbe fix
- Specifically, a method for correcting violations of Article 1, Section 6, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
- Saxbe fix
- A solution to violations of a clause in the United States Constitution that prevents sitting members of Congress being appointed to jobs created for them or for which the salary was increased while they were in office
- fixed
- Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same
He looked at me with a fixed glare.
- fixed
- Simple past tense and past participle of fix
- fixed
- Attached; affixed
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- fixed
- Chemically stable
- fixed
- Supplied with what one needs
She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- fixed
- Stationary
- fixing
- going (to)
It's fixing to rain.
- get a fix
- To obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after
- if it ain't broke, don't fix it
- Leave something alone; avoid correcting, fixing, or improving what is already sufficient, as it could end up being detrimental
I know it's an ugly looking antenna, but you know what they say: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- out of fix
- Wrong, broken, nonfunctional
- quick fix
- A temporary solution; a stopgap measure
- quick fix
- A simple solution; an easy way out
- radio fix
- The location of a vessel or aircraft by taking bearings to two transmitters of known position
- radio fix
- The location of a radio transmitter by taking bearings from two receivers
- the fix is in
- A process (for example, a court case) has been rigged behind the scenes and its outcome will not reflect true justice
- fixed
- {a} fastened, settled, determined
- fixedly
- {a} firmly, invariably, certainly, truly
- If it ain't broke, don't fix it
- (Atasözü) If there is no evidence of a real problem, and fixing the "problem" would not effectively improve Wikipedia, then don't waste time and energy (yours or anybody else's) trying to fix it
- If it ain't broke, don't fix it
- (Atasözü) Said when you recognize that something is in a satisfactory state, and there is no reason to try to change it
- bug fix
- change or correction designed to correct a computer "bug", software or hardware change that is intended to correct software malfunctions (Computers)
- fixed
- Protected from arrest
- fixed
- If you say that someone has fixed ideas or opinions, you mean that they do not often change their ideas and opinions, although perhaps they should. people who have fixed ideas about things. flexible
- fixed
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor"
- fixed
- "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
- fixed
- Attacked or punished
- fixed
- past of fix
- fixed
- {s} set firmly in place; stabilized; protected or preserved; steady, firm; not volatile (Chemistry); predetermined; illegally prearranged
- fixed
- Stable; non- volatile
- fixed
- If someone has a fixed smile on their face, they are smiling even though they do not feel happy or pleased. I had to go through the rest of the evening with a fixed smile on my face
- fixed
- Of a gambling device or game, crooked, dishonest, or rigged
- fixed
- Of an animal, spayed or neutered
- fixed
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e
- fixed
- directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze"
- fixed
- fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain
- fixed
- Of a a public election, rigged or altered
- fixed
- specified in advance; "a given number"; "we will meet at a given time and location"
- fixed
- Someone who is of no fixed address, or in British English no fixed abode, does not have a permanent place to live. They are not able to get a job interview because they have no fixed address He's of no fixed abode and we found him on the streets. see also fix
- fixed
- You use fixed to describe something which stays the same and does not or cannot vary. They issue a fixed number of shares that trade publicly Tickets will be printed with fixed entry times Many restaurants offer fixed-price menus. = set
- fixed
- "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes" directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze" (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor" specified in advance; "a given number"; "we will meet at a given time and location" fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain
- fixed
- Repaired
Tom repaired the broken chair.
- Tom fixed the broken chair.
I had my watch repaired.
- I had my watch fixed.
- fixed
- Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable
- fixedly
- In a fixed manner}
- fixedly
- If you stare fixedly at someone or something, you look at them steadily and continuously for a period of time. I stared fixedly at the statue = intently. without looking at or thinking about anything else stare/gaze/look fixedly at sth
- fixedly
- in a fixed manner; "he stared at me fixedly
- fixedly
- In a fixed, stable, or constant manner
- fixedly
- in a fixed manner; steadily, attentively, watchfully
- fixes
- third-person singular of fix
- fixes
- plural of fix
- fixing
- The removal of unexposed silver halides from the film during processing
- fixing
- The process of making a photographic image insensitive to further exposure
- fixing
- In the London Bullion Market, the price at which dealers transact business in gold, silver, platinum and palladium
- fixing
- The "Fixing" rates are published daily on our Web Site at approximately 13 00 hours Western European Time These rates are based on the Bundesbank Deutsche Mark daily fixings, which are official rates made available to the local German financial markets for various commercial transactions The fixing rates will closely resemble current market prices available at that time and are used by Currency Trends as the fundamental comparison to our daily published Trend Reverse Levels These "Fixings" may be found on the home page of our Web Site www currencytrends com and are published daily
- fixing
- the act of putting something in working order again
- fixing
- A method of determining rates by normally finding a rate that balances buyers to sellers Such a process occurs either once or twic daily at defined times Used by some currencies particularly for establishing tourist rates The system is also used in the London Bullion market
- fixing
- present participle of fix
- fixing
- Calculation and quotation of stock exchange or market prices; price fixing, stock exchange quotation
- fixing
- The act or process of making fixed
- fixing
- A method of determining rates by normally finding a rate that balances buyers to sellers Such a process occurs either once or twice daily at defined times The system is used in the London Bullion market
- fixing
- n m
- fixing
- That which is fixed; a fixture
- fixing
- restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
- fixing
- the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
- fixing
- A film-processing step that makes the material no longer light-sensitive in order to stabilize the developed image
- fixing
- The act of subverting a vote
- fixing
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
- fixing
- Chemical action following development to remove unexposed silver halides, to make the image stable and insensitive to further exposure It must be noted here that if inadequate washing is done after fixing it will accelerate the degeneration of the print or film quality more so than usually occur over a given length of time
- fixing
- Fixing describes the process of dye or paint attaching to fibers of the material This is done in many ways such as ironing, using soda ash fixer, steaming, using a fixative, etc Each dye and paint has its own method for fixing
- fixing
- Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments
- fixing
- {i} setting in place, installing; repairing; stabilizing
- gold fix
- The regular setting of the price of gold as a commodity
- in a bad fix
- in a difficult situation
- in a fix
- (Archaic Slang) pregnant
- pre-fix
- The driver recognizes and interprets multiple read/write attempts as a potential for data failure It verifies problem areas on the disk and reallocates the "bad" data blocks to "good" ones Preventing data errors before they occur is important to the smooth operation of any network A good driver will prevent both read and write soft or hard errors
- quick fix
- hurried repair
- quick fix
- disapproval If you refer to a quick fix to a problem, you mean a way of solving a problem that is easy but temporary or inadequate. tax measures enacted as a quick fix
- radio fix
- locating of radio transmitter (which is at the point of intersection) by bearings taken from 2 or more direction finding stations; location of a ship or plane by determining the direction of radio signals that arrive to the ship or plane from 2 or more sending stations the locations of which are known