fix
Meaning of fix
noun
- A repair or corrective action.
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
- 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.
- A determination of location.
We have a fix on your position.
- Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- 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.
- To mend, to repair.
That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
- To prepare (food or drink).
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 extortion
A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
- (sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
- 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.
- To convert into a stable or available form.
Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
- To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- 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.
Information about fix
- The plural form of fix is: fixes.
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Hyphenation of fix
fix
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- fix is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
fix synonyms
Meaning hole:
hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle
Meaning repair:
repair, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation, bushel, doctor, restore
Meaning localization:
localization, localisation, location, locating
Meaning fasten:
Meaning specify:
specify, set, determine, limit
Meaning cook:
Meaning pay back:
Meaning fixate:
Meaning sterilize:
sterilize, desex, unsex, desexualize
Meaning situate:
Meaning prepare:
Meaning :
join, unite, rig, patch, rectify, impale, stick, castrate, neuter, spay, establish
fix antonyms
Meaning :
Translation of fix
- Portuguese: reparar, consertar, fixar
- Spanish: reparar, arreglar, componer, recomponer, preparar, elaborar, adherir, asegurar, sujetar, fijar, cobrar, vengarse, emparejar
- Italian: riparare, aggiustare, accomodare, preparare, assicurare, fissare, attaccare, vendicare, vendicarsi
- German: reparieren
- French: réparer, fixer
Words that rhyme with fix
Hypafix, Intrafix, subfix, BacFix, adfix, defix, Benefix, prefix, refix, antefix, affix, reaffix, Zeffix, suffix, bugfix, crucifix, TriFix, CerviFix, kollerdormfix, enfix, InFix, infix, confix, unfix, Biofix, PerFix, counterfix, overfix, perfix, superfix, prtrfix, transfix, postfix, Accufix, AcuFix
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