Definitions for fix
fɪksfix

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fishnoun

   informal terms for a difficult situation

   "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

2. fixnoun

   something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

   "she needed a fix of chocolate"

3. repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparationnoun

   the act of putting something in working order again

4. fixnoun

   an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

   "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"

5. localization, localisation, location, locating, fixverb

   a determination of the place where something is

   "he got a good fix on the target"

6. repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onverb

   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

7. fasten, fix, secureverb

   cause to be firmly attached

   "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

8. specify, set, determine, define, fix, limitverb

   decide upon or fix definitely

   "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

9. cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb

   prepare for eating by applying heat

   "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

10. pay back, pay off, get, fixverb

    take vengeance on or get even

    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

11. fixverb

    set or place definitely

    "Let's fix the date for the party!"

12. fixverb

    kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

13. fixate, fixverb

    make fixed, stable or stationary

    "let's fix the picture to the frame"

14. sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fixverb

    make infertile

    "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

15. fixverb

    influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

    "fix a race"

16. situate, fix, posit, depositverb

    put (something somewhere) firmly

    "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

17. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb

    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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fixnoun

   A repair or corrective action.

   That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.

2. fixnoun

   A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.

   It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!

3. fixnoun

   A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

   "Just one fix!" -Alain Jourgensen

4. fixnoun

   A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

5. fixnoun

   A determination of location.

   We have a fix on your position.

6. fixverb

   To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

7. fixverb

   To attach; to affix; to hold in place.

8. fixverb

   To mend, to repair.

   That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.

9. fixverb

   To prepare (food).

   She fixed dinner for the kids.

10. fixverb

    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

11. fixverb

    To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

    Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.

12. fixverb

    To map a (point or subset) to itself.

13. fixverb

    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.

14. Etymology: From fixer, from fixe, from fixus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To FIXverb

   Etymology: fixer, French; fixus, Latin.

   1. To make fast, firm, or stable.

   Hell heard the unsufferable noise, hell saw
   Heav’n ruining from heav’n, and would have fled
   Affrighted, but that fate had fix’d too deep
   Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound. John Milton, P. L.

   2. To settle; to establish invariably.

   Brightest seraph! tell
   In which of all these orbs hath man
   His fixed seat, or fixed seat hath none,
   But all these shining orbs his choice to dwell! John Milton, P. L.

   One loves fixed laws, and the other arbitrary power. William Temple.

   When custom hath fixed his eating to certain stated periods, his stomach will expect victuals at the usual hour. John Locke.

   3. To direct without variation.

   Why are thine eyes fixt to the sullen earth,
   Gazing at that which seems to dim thy sight! William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Thus while the Trojan prince employs his eyes,
   Fix’d on the walls with wonder and surprize. John Dryden, Æn.

   4. To deprive of volatility.

   We pronounce concerning gold, that it is fixed. John Locke.

   5. To pierce; to transfix. A sense purely Latin.

   While from the raging sword he vainly flies,
   A bow of steel shall fix his trembling thighs. George Sandys.

   6. To withold from motion.

2. To Fixverb

   1. To settle the opinion; to determine the resolution.

   If we would be happy, we must fix upon some foundation that can never deceive us. Roger L'Estrange.

   He made himself their prey,
   T’ impose on their belief and Troy betray;
   Fix’d on his aim, and obstinately bent
   To die undaunted, or to circumvent. John Dryden, Æn.

   Here hope began to dawn; resolv’d to try,
   She fix’d on this her utmost remedy,
   Death was behind; but hard it was to die. Dryden.

   In most bodies, not propagated by seed, it is the colour we must fix on, and are most led by. John Locke.

   2. To rest; to cease to wander.

   Your kindness banishes your fear,
   Resolv’d to fix for ever here. Edmund Waller.

   3. To lose volatility, so as to be malleable.

   In the midst of molten lead, when it beginneth to congeal, make a little dent, and put quicksilver, wrapped in a piece of linen, in that hole, and the quicksilver will fix and run no more, and endure the hammer. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fix

   Fix is a song performed by American contemporary R&B group Blackstreet, originally appearing as the fourth track on their second studio album Another Level. A remixed version of the song was issued as the third single from the album and features the band Fishbone, as well as Ol' Dirty Bastard and ad-libs by Guns N' Roses guitarist, Slash. The song peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997. The album version of the song contains a sample of "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five; and the song was later sampled in "Jambo 1997" by Tonex. The physical single contains an excerpt of "Man Behind the Music" by Queen Pen. The song was remixed again for the Soul Food soundtrack. This version, called "Call Me," includes a rap verse from Jay-Z. All versions of the song feature all four members on lead vocals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fixadjective

   fixed; solidified

2. Fixverb

   to make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite

3. Fixverb

   to hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker

4. Fixverb

   to transfix; to pierce

5. Fixverb

   to render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light

6. Fixverb

   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

7. Fixverb

   to line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling

8. Fixverb

   to become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest

9. Fixverb

   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

10. Fixnoun

    a position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma

11. Fixnoun

    fettling

12. Etymology: [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fix

   fiks, v.t. to make firm or fast: to establish: to drive into: to settle: to put into permanent form: to establish as a fact: to direct steadily: to regulate: to deprive of volatility.—v.i. to settle or remain permanently: to become firm: to congeal.—n. (coll.) a difficulty: a dilemma.—adj. Fix′able, capable of being fixed.—ns. Fixā′tion, act of fixing, or state of being fixed: steadiness, firmness: state in which a body does not evaporate; Fix′ative, that which fixes or sets colours; Fix′ature, a gummy preparation for fixing the hair.—adj. Fixed, settled: not apt to evaporate: steadily directed towards: fast, lasting, permanent: substantively for fixed stars (Par. Lost, III. 481).—adv. Fix′edly.—ns. Fix′edness; Fix′er; Fixid′ity, Fix′ity, fixedness.—n.pl. Fix′ings, things needed for putting in order, arrangement.—adj. Fix′ive.—ns. Fix′ture, a movable that has become fastened to anything, as to land or to a house: a fixed article of furniture: a fixed or appointed time or event, as a horse-race; Fix′ure (Shak.), stability, position, firmness.—Fixed air, the name given by Dr Joseph Black in 1756 to what in 1784 was named by Lavoisier carbonic acid; Fixed bodies (chem.), a term applied to those substances which remain fixed, and are not volatilised at moderately high temperatures; Fixed oils, those which, on the application of heat, do not volatilise without decomposition; Fixed stars, stars which appear always to occupy the same position in the heavens—opp. to Planets. [L., fixus, figĕre, to fix, prob. through O. Fr. fix, or Low L. fixāre.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fix

   What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fix

   A position determined from terrestrial, electronic, or astronomical data.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fixnoun

   Heroin. Fayetteville NC Rapper. Addiction. The Feeling of being full from an addiction.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fixverb

   1.) fasten something or someone securely in a particular place or position. 2.) direct one eyes, attention, or mind steadily or unwaveringly towards your way. 3.) To make a mend or repair.

   I noticed that I have the power to fix things silently.

   Etymology: Correct

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 26, 2024  

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1. fix

   Song lyrics by fix -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by fix on the Lyrics.com website.

2. FIX

   What does FIX stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FIX acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FIX

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fix is ranked #6431 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fix surname appeared 5,282 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Fix.
   
   95% or 5,019 total occurrences were White.
   1.8% or 95 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 76 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 46 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 26 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.3% or 20 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Change
   • Choose
   • Create From Raw Material
   • Cytology
   • Difficulty
   • Establish
   • Exemption
   • Get Even
   • Improvement
   • Influence
   • Intravenous Injection
   • Place
   • Prepare

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fix' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3754

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fix' in Verbs Frequency: #426

How to pronounce fix?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say fix in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fix in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fix in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fix in a Sentence

1. Chet Nagle:

   They'll fix it whatever it is. And the fact that you have a test aircraft crash, or an aerostat break loose, doesn't invalidate the system, the fact of the matter remains, the threat that this system was designed to counter hasn't gone away.

2. Donald Trump:

   She got paid a lot of money to write a book and President Barack Obama always expect a little controversy, i'll give you a little controversy back, I'll never forgive( President Barack Obama) for what he did to our Donald Trump military. It was depleted, and I had to fix it.

3. Michael Loccisano/Getty:

   Opening schools in person is an extremely low bar when it comes to empowering parents and providing children with an adequate education, sending a child back to a failing government-run school that wasn't meeting their needs to begin with is unlikely to fix much of anything. The only real solution is to fund students directly and empower families to choose the education providers that best meet their needs. School choice is the only way to truly secure parental rights in education – and it would provide meaningful bottom-up accountability because families could vote with their feet. Only then will schools have real incentives to cater to the needs of families as opposed to the other way around.

4. Michael McAdams:

   House Democrats ran an entire campaign dishonestly promising that they alone could fix a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Now that they've completely failed and their poll numbers are tanking, they are desperate to shift blame, voters aren't going to buy their excuses for a second.

5. Emily Benavides:

   As he outlined in his book on this issue, Gov. Bush believes in a conservative legislative solution to fix our broken immigration system that includes earned legal status for those currently in the country after they pay fines and taxes, learn English and commit no substantial crimes while securing our border.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fix
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fix
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fix
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fix
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fix
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Fix
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html