Definitions for fixes

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fixes fix

Spelling: [fiks]

IPA: /fɪks/

Fixes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 2 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in fixes (efisx).

Definitions for fixes

noun

1. Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
2. Informal. a repair, adjustment, or solution, usually of an immediate nature:
3. Navigation. a charted position of a vessel or aircraft, determined by two or more bearings taken on landmarks, heavenly bod-ies, etc. the determining of the position of a ship, plane, etc., by mathematical, electronic, or other means:
4. a clear determination:
5. Slang. an injection of heroin or other narcotic. the narcotic or amount of narcotic injected. a compulsively sought dose or infusion of something:
6. Slang. an underhand or illegal arrangement, especially one secured through bribery or influence. a contest, situation, etc., whose outcome is prearranged dishonestly.

Idioms

1. fix one's wagon, Informal. to exact retribution for an offense; treat someone vengefully:
2. in a fix, Older Slang. pregnant.

Verb phrases

1. fix on/upon, to decide on; determine:
2. fix up, Informal. to arrange for: to provide with; furnish. to repair; renew. to smooth over; solve:

verb (used with object)

1. to repair; mend.
2. to put in order or in good condition; adjust or arrrange:
3. to make fast, firm, or stable.
4. to place definitely and more or less permanently:
5. to settle definitely; determine:
6. to direct (the eyes, the attention, etc.) steadily:
7. to attract and hold (the eye, the attention, etc.).
8. to make set or rigid.
9. to put into permanent form.
10. to put or place (responsibility, blame, etc.) on a person.
11. to assign or refer to a definite place, time, etc.
12. to provide or supply with (something needed or wanted):
13. Informal. to arrange or influence the outcome or action of, especially privately or dishonestly:
14. to get (a meal); prepare (food):
15. Informal. to put in a condition or position to make no further trouble.
16. Informal. to get even with; get revenge upon:
17. Informal. to castrate or spay (an animal, especially a pet).
18. Chemistry. to make stable in consistency or condition; reduce from fluidity or volatility to a more stable state. to convert atmospheric nitrogen into a useful compound, as a nitrate fertilizer.
19. Photography. to render (an image) permanent by removing light-sensitive silver halides.
20. Microscopy. to kill, make rigid, and preserve for microscopic study.

verb (used without object)

1. to become fixed.
2. to become set; assume a rigid or solid form.
3. to become stable or permanent.
4. to settle down.
5. Slang. to inject oneself with a narcotic.
6. Chiefly Southern U.S. to prepare; plan (usually followed by an infinitive):

Origin of fixes

1350-1400; 1900-05 for def 29; 1935-40 for def 31; Middle English fixen (v.) Medieval Latin fixāre, derivative of Latin fixus fixed, past participle of fīgere to fasten

Examples for fixes

Go back and tell them it would take too great a risk to try to fix me.

Still he tried to fix the issue on the known unsavory reputation of the woman.

Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.

Further, there are maintenance crews who have to fix those drones.

That way the wells could go into production and the operators could fix the problems later.

In short, the difficulty is not to fix people, but to root them up.

We need to “fix our schools,” even while recognizing that our efforts thus far are only works-in-progress.

And then it broke down, and the woman says, 'I'm sorry, but we have to fix the internet, so it's down for the rest of the flight.'

It is difficult for me to fix positively the breadth of this Pass.

Let me fix your hair and we'll hurry to Vinton's as fast as ever we can.