Fix Definition
fĭks
fixed, fixes, fixing
verb
fixed, fixes, fixing
To prepare or intend.
I'm fixing to go hunting.
Webster's New World
To set firmly in the mind.
Webster's New World
To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare.
Fixed the room for the guests; fix lunch for the kids.
American Heritage
To make firm, stable, or secure.
Webster's New World
To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means.
Fix a prizefight; fix a jury.
American Heritage
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noun
fixes
The act of adjusting, correcting, or repairing.
American Heritage
The position of a ship or aircraft determined from the bearings of two or more known points, from astronomical observations, or from radio signals, etc.
Webster's New World
An adjustment, repair, improvement, etc.
A short-term fix.
Webster's New World
A difficult or awkward situation; predicament.
Webster's New World
A clear understanding or evaluation.
To get a fix on the problem.
Webster's New World
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suffix
(grammar) 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").
Wiktionary
(chiefly grammar) Forming verbs denoting fastening or attaching (something) in the specified way (e.g.: suffix = "append", prefix = "preface").
Wiktionary
idiom
fix (someone's) wagon
- To get revenge on another.
American Heritage
fix on
- to choose; settle on
- to focus on
Webster's New World
fix someone up
- to arrange a meeting or date for someone
she fixed him up with her sister
Webster's New World
fix up
- to repair, mend, remedy, etc.
- to arrange properly; set in order
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fix
- fix (someone's) wagon
- fix on
- fix someone up
- fix up
Origin of Fix
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Middle English fixen from fix fixed in position from Latin fīxus past participle of fīgere to fasten dhīgw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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The common element of prefix, suffix, and affix — all ultimately from Latin figere, to fasten.
From Wiktionary
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From Old French fixer, from fixe, from Latin fixus.
From Wiktionary
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