fix

See also: Fix, FIX, and -fix

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪks/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

fix (plural fixes)

  1. A repair or corrective action.
    • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
      Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
    That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
  2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
    It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
  3. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
  4. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
    • 1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160:
      As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
  5. A determination of location.
    We have a fix on your position.
  6. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:difficult situation

Hyponyms

  • (repair or corrective action): bugfix

Translations

Verb

fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
    1. (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
      He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
  2. (transitive) 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.
    A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
    The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
    1. (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
      She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
  3. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
    That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
  4. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
    She fixed dinner for the kids.
  5. (transitive) 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[1]
    A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
  6. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
    Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
  7. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
  8. (transitive, informal) 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.
  9. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
  10. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
    Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Abney to this entry?)
  11. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Waller
      Your kindness banishes your fear, / Resolved to fix forever here.
  12. (intransitive) 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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

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Translations

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References

  1. ↑ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (“fire”). Cognate with Thai ไฟ (fai), Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), Lü ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (pháy) or ၾႆး (fáy), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fay2), Zhuang feiz, Saek วี๊.

Noun

fix

  1. fire

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fixus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)

  1. fixed, not changing
  2. stationary

Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɪks]
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

fix m

  1. felt-tip pen, marker

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Verb

fix

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fixen
  2. imperative of fixen

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English fix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiks/
  • Homophone: fixe

Noun

fix m (plural fix)

  1. fix

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɪks]
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: Ficks

Adjective

fix (comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)

  1. fixed (costs, salary)
  2. quick
  3. smart

Declension

Comparative forms of fix
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fixer sie ist fixer es ist fixer sie sind fixer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fixerer fixere fixeres fixere
genitive fixeren fixerer fixeren fixerer
dative fixerem fixerer fixerem fixeren
accusative fixeren fixere fixeres fixere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der fixere die fixere das fixere die fixeren
genitive des fixeren der fixeren des fixeren der fixeren
dative dem fixeren der fixeren dem fixeren den fixeren
accusative den fixeren die fixere das fixere die fixeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fixerer eine fixere ein fixeres (keine) fixeren
genitive eines fixeren einer fixeren eines fixeren (keiner) fixeren
dative einem fixeren einer fixeren einem fixeren (keinen) fixeren
accusative einen fixeren eine fixere ein fixeres (keine) fixeren

Synonyms

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

From German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfiks]

Adjective

fix (not comparable)

  1. fixed
    fix fizetés - fixed (regular) salary

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

fix m

  1. inflection of fil:
    1. oblique plural
    2. nominative singular

Swedish

Etymology

Adjective

fix

  1. fixed, inflexible, rigid
    en fix idé
    a fixed idea

Declension

Inflection of fix
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fix — —
Neuter singular fixt — —
Plural fixa — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fixe — —
All fixa — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Noun

fix c

  1. a fix, a dose of an addictive drug

Declension

Declension of fix 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fix fixen fixar fixarna
Genitive fix fixens fixars fixarnas
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