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fix

/ˈfɪks/
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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)

verb

  • 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.

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