fix

See also: Fix, FIX, and -fix

English

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The only way for white to draw is to play d5 to fix (sense 2.2) black's pawns.

Alternative forms

fixe (verb) (archaic)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

enPR: fĭks, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪks/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪks

Verb

fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)

(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
1. (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
  He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
  - 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 111:
    She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.
(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.

The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
1. (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
  She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
2. (transitive, chess) 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.
(ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
She fixed dinner for the kids.
- 1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14:
  She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.
- 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94:
  I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.
(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.^[1]
A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
(transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
The function $f:\mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R} ;f(x):=4x-3$ fixes the point $1\in \mathbb {R}$ , since $f(1)=4(1)-3=1$ .
(transitive, informal) 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.
(transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
- 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:
  it is well to fix with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual
(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- 1665, Edmund Waller, Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House:
  Accuſing ſome malignant Star,
  Not Britain, for that fateful War,
  Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear,
  Reſolv’d to fix for ever here.
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
  A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
  Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,
  Flew there on restless wing,
  Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
(intransitive) 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.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
  quicksilver will fix, so asto endure the hammer
(slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
- 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
  She doesn't have to worry about stool pigeons because every law in the Federal District knows that Lupita sells junk. She keeps outfits in glasses of alcohol so the junkies can fix in the joint and walk out clean.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fix

infinitive	(to) fix
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fix	fixed
2nd-person singular	fix, fixest^†	fixed, fixedst^†
3rd-person singular	fixes, fixeth^†	fixed
plural	fix	fixed

subjunctive	fix	fixed

imperative	fix	—

participles	fixing	fixed

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

(pierce): impale, run through, stick
(hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
(mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
(make a contest unfair): doctor, rig
(render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate
(settle or remain permanently): establish, settle down

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to hold in place”): move, change

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: fixen, fiksen

Translations

to mend or repair

Arabic: صَلَّحَ (ar) (ṣallaḥa), أَصْلَحَ (ʔaṣlaḥa)
Egyptian Arabic: صلح (ṣallaḥ)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: iguar (ast)
Azerbaijani: düzəltmək (az)
Belarusian: пра́віць impf (právicʹ), папра́віць pf (paprávicʹ), папраўля́ць impf (papraŭljácʹ), рамантава́ць impf (ramantavácʹ), адрамантава́ць pf (adramantavácʹ)
Bulgarian: попра́вям (bg) impf (poprávjam), попра́вя (bg) pf (poprávja)
Catalan: arreglar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 修理 (zh) (xiūlǐ)
Czech: opravit (cs) pf, spravit (cs) pf
Danish: reparere (da), fikse
Dutch: repareren (nl)
Esperanto: ripari
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: korjata (fi)
French: réparer (fr)
Galician: amañar (gl), arranxar (gl), reparar (gl)
Georgian: შეკეთება (šeḳeteba)
German: reparieren (de), flicken (de)
Greek: διορθώνω (el) (diorthóno)
Ancient: καταρτίζω (katartízō)
Hebrew: תִּקֵּן \ תיקן (he) (tikén)
Hungarian: javít (hu)
Icelandic: laga (is)
Irish: deisigh, cuir caoi ar
Italian: aggiustare (it), riparare (it), mettere una pezza, sistemare (it)
Japanese: 修理する (ja) (しゅうりする, shuri suru), 治す (ja) (なおす, naosu), 直す (ja) (なおす, naosu)
Khmer: ជួសជុល (km) (cuəh cul), កែ (km) (kae)
Korean: 고치다 (ko) (gochida), 수리하다 (ko) (surihada)
Lao: ຊ່ອມ (sǭm)
Latin: reficiō (la), reconcinnō, restituō (la), sarciō
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: поправува impf (popravuva), поправи pf (popravi)
Maori: tapi, whakapai
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: засах (mn) (zasax), сэлбэх (mn) (selbex)
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: reparere (no), fikse (no), bøte, vøle

Norwegian Nynorsk: bøta/bøte, fiksa/fikse, reparera/reparere, vøla/vøle
Old English: ġebētan
Persian: تعمیر کردن (fa) (ta'mir kardan), درست کردن (fa) (dorost kardan)
Polish: naprawiać (pl) impf, naprawić (pl) pf
Portuguese: consertar (pt), reparar (pt), arrumar (pt)
Russian: чини́ть (ru) impf (činítʹ), почини́ть (ru) pf (počinítʹ), ремонти́ровать (ru) impf (remontírovatʹ), отремонти́ровать (ru) pf (otremontírovatʹ), исправля́ть (ru) impf (ispravljátʹ), испра́вить (ru) pf (isprávitʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀прављати impf, по̀правити pf

Latin: pòpravljati (sh) impf, pòpraviti (sh) pf
Slovak: opraviť pf
Slovene: popravljati impf, popraviti pf
Spanish: arreglar (es), reparar (es), componer (es), apañar (es)
Swedish: fixa (sv), åtgärda (sv)
Thai: ซ่อม (th) (sɔ̂m)
Turkish: onarmak (tr), tamir etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: ла́годити (uk) impf (láhodyty), пола́годити pf (poláhodyty), справля́ти (uk) impf (spravljáty), спра́вити (uk) pf (správyty), ремонтува́ти impf (remontuváty), відремонтува́ти pf (vidremontuváty)
Vietnamese: sửa chữa (vi)
Yiddish: פֿאַרריכטן (farrikhtn)

to attach; to affix; to hold in place

Bulgarian: закре́пвам (bg) impf (zakrépvam)
Catalan: fixar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 固定 (zh) (gùdìng), 安裝 / 安装 (zh) (ānzhuāng)
Esperanto: fiksi (eo)
Finnish: kiinnittää (fi)
French: fixer (fr)
German: fixieren (de), befestigen (de), anhängen (de), anheften (de)
Greek:
Ancient: πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi)
Japanese: 固定する (ja) (kotei suru), 据える (ja) (sueru)
Korean: 고정하다 (ko) (gojeonghada)
Latin: pangō, fīgō (la)
Maori: ngahu, whakarapa
Norwegian: feste (no)
Polish: mocować (pl) impf, przymocować (pl) pf, zamocować (pl) pf
Portuguese: fixar (pt)
Russian: устана́вливать (ru) impf (ustanávlivatʹ), установи́ть (ru) pf (ustanovítʹ), фикси́ровать (ru) impf (fiksírovatʹ), зафикси́ровать (ru) pf (zafiksírovatʹ)
Spanish: fijar (es), pregar (es)
Swedish: fästa (sv)
Ukrainian: фіксува́ти impf (fiksuváty), встано́влювати impf (vstanóvljuvaty), укрі́плювати impf (ukrípljuvaty)

to prepare

Bulgarian: приго́твям (bg) impf (prigótvjam)
Catalan: preparar (ca)
Danish: berede
Finnish: valmistaa (fi), tehdä (fi)
French: préparer (fr)
Galician: amañar (gl), preparar (gl)
German: vorbereiten (de), machen (de), zubereiten (de)
Greek: φτιάχνω (el) (ftiáchno)
Ancient: σκευάζω (skeuázō)
Italian: preparare (it)
Norwegian: ordne (no)
Polish: przygotowywać (pl)
Portuguese: preparar (pt)
Russian: готови́ть (ru) impf (gotovítʹ), приготови́ть (ru) pf (prigotovítʹ)
Spanish: preparar (es)
Swedish: ordna (sv)
Thai: เตรียม (th) (dtriiam)
Ukrainian: готува́ти impf (hotuváty), приготува́ти pf (pryhotuváty)
Vietnamese: chuẩn bị (vi)

to make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair

Finnish: sopia (fi)
French: truquer (fr), tricher (fr)
German: manipulieren (de), match-fixing
Greek: στήνω (el) (stíno)
Norwegian: fikse (no)
Spanish: amañar (es), apañar (es)

to make a business of getting paid to arrange immunity for defendants

to render an animal infertile

Finnish: leikata (fi)
French: stériliser (fr)
German: sterilisieren (de), kastrieren (de)
Italian: Sterilizzare m or f, sterilizzare (it)
Norwegian: gjelde (no)
Polish: kastrować (pl), sterylizować (pl)
Portuguese: castrar (pt), capar (pt) (informally)
Russian: стерилизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (sterilizovátʹ), кастри́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kastrírovatʹ)
Spanish: capar (es)
Ukrainian: стерилізува́ти impf (sterylizuváty), каструва́ти impf (kastruváty)

to map (a point or subset) to itself

Norwegian: fiksere

to render (a photographic impression) permanent

Bulgarian: фикси́рам (bg) impf or pf (fiksíram)
German: fixieren (de)
Italian: fissare (it)
Polish: utrwalać (pl) impf, utrwalić (pl) pf
Russian: закрепля́ть (ru) impf (zakrepljátʹ), закрепи́ть (ru) pf (zakrepítʹ), фикси́ровать (ru) impf (fiksírovatʹ), зафикси́ровать (ru) pf (zafiksírovatʹ)
Ukrainian: закріпля́ти impf (zakripljáty), фіксува́ти impf (fiksuváty)

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Translations to be checked

Catalan: ^{(please verify)} arreglar (ca)
Norman: ^{(please verify)} s'enchîtrer (Jersey)
Norwegian Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} fikse, ^{(please verify)} reparere

Noun

fix (plural fixes)

A repair or corrective action.
Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix

That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
- 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
  Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation

It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13:
  "How come you're in this fix?"
(slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
  And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.
- 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
  Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.
- 1992, William Alain Jourgensen (lyrics and music), “Just One Fix”, in Psalm 69, performed by Ministry:
  Just one fix!
1. (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
2. (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- 1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160:
  As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
An understanding, grasp of something.
- 1981 December 1, Susan Saxe, “Survival with Agony and Art”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 9:
  Each character comes to us with her own particular fix on reality, shaped by a lifetime of experience and by the urgencies of the moment.
A determination of location.
We have a fix on your position.
(aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
(US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ French: fixe, fix

Translations

an instance of fixing

Bulgarian: закрепване n (zakrepvane)
Dutch: repareren (nl)
Finnish: korjaus (fi), fiksaus (slang)
French: réparation (fr) f
German: Reparatur (de) f
Hungarian: javítás (hu)
Italian: riparazione (it) f, sistemazione (it) f, soluzione (it) f
Norwegian: reparasjon m
Persian: تعمیر (fa) (ta'mir), بازسازی (fa) (bâzsâzi)
Polish: naprawa (pl) f
Portuguese: reparação (pt), correção (pt)
Russian: закрепле́ние (ru) n (zakreplénije), ремо́нт (ru) m (remónt) (repair)
Spanish: reparación (es)
Swedish: fix (sv)

a difficult situation or dilemma

Bulgarian: диле́ма (bg) f (diléma)
Finnish: pulma (fi), dilemma (fi)
German: Dilemma (de) n
Irish: habal m
Italian: situazione (it) f, dilemma (it) f, guaio (it) m
Norwegian: dilemma n, knipe (no) c
Persian: تنگنا (fa) (tangnâ)
Polish: dylemat (pl) m
Russian: диле́мма (ru) f (dilémma), затрудне́ние (ru) n (zatrudnénije)
Scottish Gaelic: duilgheadas m, staing f
Spanish: aprieto (es) m

a single dose of an addictive drug

Bulgarian: доза (bg) f (doza)
Danish: fix (da) n
Finnish: huumausaineen käyttökerta
French: dose (fr) f
German: Schuss (de) m (only when injected)
Italian: dose (it) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: skudd n, fix m
Portuguese: dose (pt) f
Russian: до́за (ru) f (dóza)
Spanish: dosis (es) f, chute (es), tiro (es)

determination of location

German: Ortung (de) f
Spanish: localización (es) f
Swedish: pejl c

References

^ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (“fire”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay),Thai ไฟ (fai), Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), Lü ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (phái) or ၾႆး (fái), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek วี๊.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fi˧˩/

Noun

fix

fire

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fixus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfiks]
Rhymes: -iks

Adjective

fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)

fixed, not changing
stationary

Derived terms