Meaning

10 senses

  1. A repair or corrective action.

    That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.

  2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

    It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!

    Dilemma

    диле́ммаdilémma, затрудне́ниеzatrudnénije

    informal terms for a difficult situation

  3. (slang)A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.

    Schuss

    до́заdóza

    something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

  4. A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.

    (broadly, figuratively, slang)Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.

  5. (broadly, figuratively, slang)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.

    We have a fix on your position.

    Ortung

    a determination of the place where something is

  9. A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.

    Reparatur

    закрепле́ниеzakreplénije, ремо́нтremónt

  10. (US)Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).

Examples

1573 sentences

  1. I had him fix my watch.

    Він полагодив мій годинник. — deniko

    deIch ließ ihn meine Uhr reparieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I think Tom could fix this.

    Гадаю, Том міг би це полагодити. — deniko

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  3. I still have to fix this.

    Мені все ще треба це поремонтувати. — deniko

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  4. Tom helped me fix the car.

    Том допоміг мені поремонтувати машину. — deniko

    ruТом помог мне починить машину. — marafon

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  5. Are you going to fix it?

    Ти це полагодиш? — deniko

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
a difficult situation or dilemma:
a single dose of an addictive drug:
an instance of fixing:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
a difficult situation or dilemma:
a single dose of an addictive drug:
determination of location:
an instance of fixing:

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

plural: fixes

Synonyms

41 synonyms
bindB2crossA2difficultyA2dilemmaB2holeA1jamA2kettleB1pickleB2predicamentB2situationA2spotA1troubleA2bucket of syrupcalvary
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
DerivedprefixB1postfixfixlessfix roomquick fixradio fix

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
fittingfiveA1fiverfixablefixatefixationfixer

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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