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fix verb (fixed, fixing) 1 to attach or place something firmly • fixed it to the wall • fixed the blame on him. 2 to mend or repair something • fixed the brakes on the bike. 3 to direct; to concentrate • fixed his eyes on her. 4 to transfix someone • fixed him with a stare. 5 to arrange or agree (a time, etc) • Let's fix a meeting for Monday. 6 to establish (the time of an occurrence). 7 colloq to arrange (the result of a race, trial, etc) dishonestly • They fixed the verdict. 8 colloq to bribe or threaten someone into agreement. 9 colloq to thwart, punish or kill someone. 10 photog to make (the image in a photograph) permanent by the use of chemicals which dissolve unexposed silver halides. 11 colloq to prepare (a meal, etc) • I'll fix breakfast. 12 N Amer to tidy something. See also fixed. noun (fixes) 1 colloq a situation which is difficult to escape from; a predicament • She got herself in a real fix. 2 slang a an act of injecting a narcotic drug, etc, usually by drug addicts; b the quantity injected or to be injected in this way • Give us a fix! 3 a calculation of the position of a ship, etc, by radar, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin fixare.

fix verb (fixed, fixing) 1 to attach or place something firmly • fixed it to the wall • fixed the blame on him. 2 to mend or repair something • fixed the brakes on the bike. 3 to direct; to concentrate • fixed his eyes on her. 4 to transfix someone • fixed him with a stare. 5 to arrange or agree (a time, etc) • Let's fix a meeting for Monday. 6 to establish (the time of an occurrence). 7 colloq to arrange (the result of a race, trial, etc) dishonestly • They fixed the verdict. 8 colloq to bribe or threaten someone into agreement. 9 colloq to thwart, punish or kill someone. 10 photog to make (the image in a photograph) permanent by the use of chemicals which dissolve unexposed silver halides. 11 colloq to prepare (a meal, etc) • I'll fix breakfast. 12 N Amer to tidy something. See also fixed. noun (fixes) 1 colloq a situation which is difficult to escape from; a predicament • She got herself in a real fix. 2 slang a an act of injecting a narcotic drug, etc, usually by drug addicts; b the quantity injected or to be injected in this way • Give us a fix! 3 a calculation of the position of a ship, etc, by radar, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin fixare.

fix verb (fixed, fixing) 1 to attach or place something firmly • fixed it to the wall • fixed the blame on him. 2 to mend or repair something • fixed the brakes on the bike. 3 to direct; to concentrate • fixed his eyes on her. 4 to transfix someone • fixed him with a stare. 5 to arrange or agree (a time, etc) • Let's fix a meeting for Monday. 6 to establish (the time of an occurrence). 7 colloq to arrange (the result of a race, trial, etc) dishonestly • They fixed the verdict. 8 colloq to bribe or threaten someone into agreement. 9 colloq to thwart, punish or kill someone. 10 photog to make (the image in a photograph) permanent by the use of chemicals which dissolve unexposed silver halides. 11 colloq to prepare (a meal, etc) • I'll fix breakfast. 12 N Amer to tidy something. See also fixed. noun (fixes) 1 colloq a situation which is difficult to escape from; a predicament • She got herself in a real fix. 2 slang a an act of injecting a narcotic drug, etc, usually by drug addicts; b the quantity injected or to be injected in this way • Give us a fix! 3 a calculation of the position of a ship, etc, by radar, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin fixare.