fix
To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular timeTo attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
» I had him fix my watch.
Ich ließ ihn meine Uhr reparieren.
Ich ließ ihn meine Armbanduhr reparieren.
Він полагодив мій годинник.
Meaning
18 senses(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.
fixieren, befestigen, anhängen
устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ, установи́тьustanovítʹ, фикси́роватьfiksírovatʹ
фіксува́тиfiksuváty, встано́влюватиvstanóvljuvaty, укрі́плюватиukrípljuvaty
To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
(figuratively, passive, transitive, usually)To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
(transitive)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.
(transitive)To mend, to repair.
That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
You can't fix stupid.
reparieren, flicken
чини́тьčinítʹ, почини́тьpočinítʹ, ремонти́роватьremontírovatʹ
ла́годитиláhodyty, пола́годитиpoláhodyty, справля́тиspravljáty
To mend, to repair.
(excessive, transitive)To be immensely pleasurable to.
Some pizza rolls would fix me right now.
Getting tongued by a hot woman would fix me.
(ditransitive, informal)To prepare (food or drink).
She fixed dinner for the kids.
vorbereiten, machen, zubereiten
готови́тьgotovítʹ, приготови́тьprigotovítʹ
готува́тиhotuváty, приготува́тиpryhotuváty
prepare for eating by applying heat
(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.
A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
manipulieren, match-fixing
(US, informal, transitive)To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
sterilisieren, kastrieren
стерилизова́тьsterilizovátʹ, кастри́роватьkastrírovatʹ
стерилізува́тиsterylizuváty, каструва́тиkastruváty
make infertile
(transitive)To map (a point or subset) to itself.
The function f#58;#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#92;to#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#59;f(x)#58;#61;4x-3 fixes the point 1#92;in#92;mathbb#123;R#125;, since f(1)#61;4(1)-3#61;1.
(informal, transitive)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.
(transitive)To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
fixieren
закрепля́тьzakrepljátʹ, закрепи́тьzakrepítʹ, фикси́роватьfiksírovatʹ
закріпля́тиzakripljáty, фіксува́тиfiksuváty
(transitive)To convert into a stable or available form.
Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
Examples
1573 sentencesI had him fix my watch.
Він полагодив мій годинник.
deIch ließ ihn meine Uhr reparieren.
I think Tom could fix this.
Гадаю, Том міг би це полагодити.
I still have to fix this.
Мені все ще треба це поремонтувати.
Tom helped me fix the car.
Том допоміг мені поремонтувати машину.
ruТом помог мне починить машину.
Are you going to fix it?
Ти це полагодиш?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichiFrom 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.
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Forms
fixes, fixing, fixt, fixtPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
43 synonyms- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc:prepareset upreadygear upset
- make fixed, stable or stationary:fixate
- cause to be firmly attached:fastensecure
- put (something somewhere) firmly:situatepositdeposit
- prepare for eating by applying heat:cookreadymakeprepare
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken:repairmendbusheldoctorfurbish uprestoretouch on
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
37 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- able to fix
- to fix this
- trying to fix
- to fix that
- to fix the
- how to fix
- fix the problem
- need to fix
- can fix this
- going to fix
- fix this problem
- fix that for