English Explanatory Dictionary

fix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
  2. (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
  3. To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
  4. To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
  5. To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
  6. To mend, to repair.
  7. To be immensely pleasurable to.
  8. To prepare (food or drink).
  9. 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.
  10. To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
  11. To map (a point or subset) to itself.
  12. To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
noun
  1. A repair or corrective action.
  2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
  3. A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
  4. Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
  5. A compulsive desire or thrill.
  6. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
  7. An understanding, grasp of something.
  8. A determination of location.
  9. A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
  10. Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
noun
  1. Abbreviation of factor IX (clotting factor IX).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

fĭks /ˈfɪks/ en-us-fix.ogg

Word forms

fix fixes fixing fixt fixed no-table-tags glossary fixest fixedst fixeth fixe FIXs

Etymology

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

Synonyms

impale run through stick join put together unite put to rights rectify patch neuter spay desex castrate doctor rig establish settle down ass in a sling bind bucket of syrup calvary cauldron cross cross to bear difficulty dilemma dire straits doghouse fix hole jam kettle kettle of fish ordeal pickle pinch plight predicament quandary quagmire situation spot spot of bother sticky situation sticky wicket tight spot trouble

Antonyms

move change

Related words

FI FII FIII FIV FV FVI FVII FX FXI FXII FXIII

Derived words

affix affixative biofix cryofix fixability fixable fixed fixer-upper fixety fixie fixing room fixings fixism fixist fix-it fix it again Tony fixity fixive fixly fixme fix on fix someone's clock fix someone's flint fix someone's wagon fix someone up with fix the roof while the sun is shining fix to fix up fix-up fix upon forefix hotfix interfix misfix mixfix overfix perfix refix underfix unfix unfixability wontfix you can't fix stupid postfix fixless fix room get a fix in a fix Neptune's Fix out of fix prefix quick fix radio fix Saxbe fix techno-fix the fix is in FIX deficiency

Translations

Arabic: صَلَّحَ Arabic: أَصْلَحَ Arabic: صلح Asturian: iguar Azerbaijani: düzəltmək Belarusian: пра́віць Belarusian: папра́віць Belarusian: папраўля́ць Belarusian: рамантава́ць Belarusian: адрамантава́ць Bulgarian: попра́вям Bulgarian: попра́вя Bulgarian: закре́пвам Catalan: arreglar Catalan: fixar Chinese Mandarin: 修理 Chinese Mandarin: 固定 Chinese Mandarin: 安裝 /安装 Czech: opravit Czech: spravit Danish: reparere Danish: fikse Dutch: repareren Esperanto: ripari Esperanto: fiksi Finnish: korjata Finnish: kiinnittää Finnish: leikata French: réparer French: fixer French: stériliser Galician: amañar Galician: arranxar Galician: reparar Georgian: შეკეთება German: reparieren German: flicken German: fixieren German: befestigen German: anhängen German: anheften German: sterilisieren German: kastrieren Greek: διορθώνω Ancient Greek: καταρτίζω Ancient Greek: πήγνυμι Hebrew: תִּקֵּן \ תיקן Hungarian: javít Icelandic: laga Irish: deisigh Irish: cuir caoi ar Italian: aggiustare Italian: riparare Italian: mettere una pezza Italian: sistemare Italian: Sterilizzare Japanese: 修理する Japanese: 治す Japanese: 直す Japanese: 固定する Japanese: 据える Khmer: ជួសជុល Khmer: កែ Korean: 고치다 Korean: 수리하다 Korean: 고정하다 Lao: ຊ່ອມ Latin: reficiō Latin: reconcinnō Latin: restituō Latin: sarciō Latin: pangō Latin: fīgō Macedonian: поправува Macedonian: поправи Māori: tapi Māori: whakapai Māori: ngahu Māori: whakarapa Mongolian: засах Mongolian: сэлбэх Norwegian Bokmål: reparere Norwegian Bokmål: fikse Norwegian Bokmål: bøte Norwegian Bokmål: vøle Norwegian Nynorsk: bøta Norwegian Nynorsk: bøte Norwegian Nynorsk: fiksa Norwegian Nynorsk: fikse Norwegian Nynorsk: reparera Norwegian Nynorsk: reparere Norwegian Nynorsk: vøla Norwegian Nynorsk: vøle Old English: ġebētan Persian: تعمیر کردن Persian: درست کردن Polish: naprawiać Polish: naprawić Polish: mocować Polish: przymocować Polish: zamocować Polish: kastrować Polish: sterylizować Portuguese: consertar Portuguese: reparar Portuguese: arrumar Portuguese: fixar Portuguese: castrar Portuguese: capar Russian: чини́ть Russian: почини́ть Russian: ремонти́ровать Russian: отремонти́ровать Russian: исправля́ть Russian: испра́вить Russian: устана́вливать Russian: установи́ть Russian: фикси́ровать Russian: зафикси́ровать Russian: стерилизова́ть Russian: кастри́ровать Serbo-Croatian: по̀прављати Serbo-Croatian: по̀правити Serbo-Croatian: pòpravljati Serbo-Croatian: pòpraviti Slovak: opraviť Bulgarian: доза Danish: fix Dutch: fix Finnish: huumausaineen käyttökerta French: dose German: Schuss Italian: dose Japanese: 注射 Norwegian: skudd Norwegian: fix Portuguese: dose Russian: до́за Spanish: dosis Spanish: chute Spanish: tiro
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