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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A repair or corrective action.

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

2. Meaning 2 · noun

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

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

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A determination of location.

   “We have a fix on your position.”

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   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.”

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To mend, to repair.

   “That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.”

10. Meaning 10 · verb

    To prepare (food or drink).

    “She fixed dinner for the kids.”

11. Meaning 11 · verb

    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.”

12. Meaning 12 · verb

    To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

    “Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.”

13. Meaning 13 · verb

    (sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.

14. Meaning 14 · verb

    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.”

15. Meaning 15 · verb

    To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

16. Meaning 16 · verb

    To convert into a stable or available form.

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

17. Meaning 17 · verb

    To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

18. Meaning 18 · verb

    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.

How this word is used

• Everyday “That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.”
• General “It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!”
• General “We have a fix on your position.”
• General “A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.”
• General “That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.”
• General “She fixed dinner for the kids.”
• General “A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.”
• General “Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.”
• General “He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.”
• General “Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.”

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