1. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
   "She fixed her laptop";
   - repair, mend, bushel [US], doctor [informal]
    
2. Cause to be firmly attached
   "she fixed her gaze on the man";
   - fasten, secure
    
3. Establish or state a specific value or set of values
   "fix the variables";
   - specify, set, determine, define, limit
    
4. Make fixed, stable or stationary
   "let's fix the picture to the frame";
   - fixate
    
5. Put (something somewhere) firmly
   "fix your eyes on this spot";
   - situate, posit, deposit
    
6. Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
   "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill";
   - prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
    
7. [informal] (of food) combine or process (e.g. heat) to make ready for eating
   "fix breakfast for the guests, please";
   - cook, ready, make, prepare
    
8. Set or place definitely
   "Let's fix the date for the party!"
    
9. (cytology) kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
   "The lab technician fixed the tissue samples in formalin"
    
10. Make infertile
    "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilities are fixed";
    - sterilize, sterilise [Brit], desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise [Brit]
     
11. [informal] Take vengeance on or get even
    "That'll fix him good!";
    - pay back, pay off, get
     
12. [informal] Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
    "fix a race"
     
13. To be about to do something
    "I'm fixing to leave for work"

1. The act of putting something in working order again
   "His quick fix of the leaky faucet saved water";
   - repair, fixing, mend, mending, reparation [archaic]
    
2. A determination of the place where something is
   "he got a good fix on the target";
   - localization, localisation [Brit], location
    
3. Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
   "she needed a fix of chocolate"
    
4. An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
   "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
    
5. [informal] A problematic situation or predicament
   "he got into a terrible fix";
   - hole [informal], jam [informal], mess [informal], muddle [informal], pickle [informal], kettle of fish [informal], difficulty

Derived forms: fixes, fixing, fixed

See also: make up

Type of: act upon, alter, ameliorate, amend, attach, better, change, choose, constitute, determination, devise, difficultness, difficulty, establish, even up, exemption, finding, found, get back, get even, get up, granting immunity, immunity, improve, improvement, influence, institute, intravenous injection, lay, machinate, make from scratch, meliorate, mend, modify, operate, operate on, organise [Brit], organize, pick out, place, plant, pose, position, prepare, put, select, set, take, work

Encyclopedia: Fix, Paul