Meaning

18 senses
  1. (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

  2. 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.

  3. (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.

  4. (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

  5. 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.

  6. (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

  7. (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

  8. (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

  9. (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.

  10. (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.

  11. (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

  12. (transitive)To convert into a stable or available form.

    Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.

Examples

1573 sentences
  1. I had him fix my watch.

    Він полагодив мій годинник.

    deIch ließ ihn meine Uhr reparieren.

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  2. I think Tom could fix this.

    Гадаю, Том міг би це полагодити.

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  3. I still have to fix this.

    Мені все ще треба це поремонтувати.

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  4. Tom helped me fix the car.

    Том допоміг мені поремонтувати машину.

    ruТом помог мне починить машину.

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  5. Are you going to fix it?

    Ти це полагодиш?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
to attach; to affix; to hold in place:
to mend or repair:
to prepare:
to render an animal infertile:
to render (a photographic impression) permanent:
Русский
By meaning 5
to attach; to affix; to hold in place:
to mend or repair:
to prepare:
to render an animal infertile:
to render (a photographic impression) permanent:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to attach; to affix; to hold in place:
to mend or repair:
to prepare:
to make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair:
to render an animal infertile:

Origin

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichi

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.

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Forms

fixes, fixing, fixt, fixt
Base formfix · to fix
3rd person singularfixes
Present participlefixing
Past simplefixt / fixed
Past participlefixt / fixed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfix
he, she, itfixes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfixt

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fixt
he, she, ithas fixt

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fix

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

43 synonyms
make a contest unfair:doctorA1rig
settle or remain permanently:establishA2settle down
hold in place:joinA1
mend; repair:patchB2
render infertile:neuterspaydesexcastrate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
to hold in place:moveA2changeA1

Word family

37 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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