fix
To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
Verb 4 meanings
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.”
To mend, to repair.
“That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.”
To prepare (food or drink).
“She fixed dinner for the kids.”
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.”
Noun 4 meanings
A repair or corrective action.
“That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.”
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
“It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!”
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
An understanding, grasp of something.
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.
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FIX at a glance
FIX has 3 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + X 8) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,779 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fix
All rhymes- PREFIX18
- SUFFIX19
- CRUCIFIX22
- AFFIX18
- POSTFIX19
- INFIX15
- TRANSFIX18
- REFIX15
- UNFIX15
- SUBFIX18
- REAFFIX20
- ANTEFIX17
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