fix (original) (raw)

fix verb (REPAIR)

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repairHe asked if she could repair the broken lamp.
fixI must get my bike fixed.
mendCan you mend that hole in my trousers?
do upNick loves doing up old cars.
serviceI'm taking the car to the garage to have it serviced this afternoon.
patch upI patched up the old bike and got it working.

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fix verb (SIGHT)

fix verb (KEEP)

fix something on something She was so frightened that she could not fix her thoughts on anything.

fix verb (CHEAT)

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fix verb (HAIR/MAKE-UP/CLOTHES)

fix verb (PREPARE)

B2 [ T ] mainly US informal

fix something for someone Can I fix a drink for you?

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fix verb (PUNISH)

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fix verb (PRESERVE COLOURS)

fix verb (CONVERT GAS)

[ T ] biology specialized

fix verb (STOP REPRODUCTION)

fix verb (DRUG)

Phrasal verbs

fix noun (CHEAT)

fix noun (AWKWARD SITUATION)

fix noun (SOLUTION)

fix noun (DRUG)

fix noun (POSITION)

have a fix on Do we still have a fix on that jet?

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(Definition of fix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

fix | American Dictionary

fix verb [T] (REPAIR)

fix verb [T] (ARRANGE)

fix verb [T] (CHOOSE)

fix verb [T] (ATTACH)

fix verb [T] (PUNISH)

fix verb [T] (PREPARE FOOD)

fix verb [T] (STOP REPRODUCTION)

Phrasal verbs

fix noun (BAD SITUATION)

fix noun (AMOUNT)

Examples of fix

fix

The height originally planned was reduced by 100 ft and definitely fixed at 160 metres.

In this way the equilibrium can be seen to fix the strategies of the players.

We will then go on to the more involved cases where the 'quick fix' cannot be used; these are not really hard, but simply technical.

The stability result (i) says that the evolution of the capital intensity is uniquely determined by the random fixed point.

The weighted mean difference was k2n99 for both the fixed and random effects models.

In these planar surfaces, the values must be fixed to do not detect any local peak.

If this is fixed then the automaton is a fixed structure deterministic or a fixed structure stochastic automaton.

In our context, their suggestions imply that a likelihood approach with random variety effects reduces bias in the estimation of (fixed) year effects.

These qualities are important but not sufficient: if the dentist were not good at fixing our teeth, we would probably look elsewhere.

Periods of maps on trees with all branching points fixed.

The turnover rate to new allelic specificities was fixed at 0.1, with the number of different specificities held constant at 20.

In classical political economy, voluntary arrangements to fix prices and restrict competition were part of a citizen's broader right to contract.

They were calculated from girth measurements performed with permanent metal dendrometers fixed on the trunks.

For our emotional response to being hurt to remain with us as hatred, it must be fixed to something more permanent than the single event.

A substitution with precisely one periodic, hence fixed, bi-infinite word is called proper.

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