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uk/fɪks/us/fɪks/fix verb (REPAIR)
B1 [ T ] to repair something:
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- We must get someone to fix that wheel.
- He fixes washing machines.
- They fixed my watch free of charge.
- The car's still at the garage getting fixed.
- I still haven't got round to fixing that tap.
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Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- put/set sb right idiom
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- sort sth/sb out
- troubleshooting
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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fix verb (ARRANGE)
B2 [ I or T ] mainly UK to arrange or agree a time, place, price, etc.:
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- Let's meet for lunch if we can fix a day to suit us both.
- The directors had some difficulty in fixing a date for the meeting.
- Our next rehearsal has been fixed for Tuesday 22nd.
- Can you fix it for me to see a West-End show while I'm in London?
- They finally fixed the price at £125 000, less than their original asking price.
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Decisions and deciding
- be make or break for sb/sth idiom
- be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
- clinch
- clincher
- come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
- come to sth
- decider
- fight
- hammer sth out
- head
- it's a date idiom
- judgment call
- lot
- make or break sth idiom
- make up your mind idiom
- mind
- nail sth down
- name
- name the day idiom
- spin a coin idiom
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fix verb (FASTEN)
B2 [ T + adv/prep ] to fasten something in position so that it cannot move:
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- Many shops have video cameras fixed to their walls or ceilings for security reasons.
- For now I've fixed a shower attachment to the bath taps, but one day I'll get an electric shower fitted.
- They fixed a plastic sheet over the broken window.
- The judge was trying to fix the rosette to the bridle of the winning horse.
- I'm afraid we're having difficulty fixing this curtain rail in place.
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Fastening and tying
- anchor
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- twist tie
- tying
- yoke
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fix verb (SIGHT)
C2 [ T ] to keep something or someone in sight:
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Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- dart
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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fix verb (KEEP)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to continue to think about or remember something:
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Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured by sth idiom
- be hung up on sth idiom
- be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
- devour
- fixated
- fixation
- get into sb
- have an axe to grind idiom
- have sth on the brain idiom
- nag
- obsession
- obsessive
- one-track mind
- preoccupation
- preoccupied
- preoccupy
- prey on sth
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fix verb (CHEAT)
[ T often passive ] to do something dishonest to make certain that a competition, race, or election is won by a particular person:
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Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- perjury
- phishing
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
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fix verb (HAIR/MAKE-UP/CLOTHES)
B1 [ T ] to make your hair, make-up, clothes, etc. look tidy:
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Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- freshen (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy
- tidy sth away
- vac
- valet
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fix verb (PREPARE)
B2 mainly US informal [ T ] to cook or prepare food or drink:
US to be planning to do something:
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- fold
- knead
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- prep
- salt
- slow food
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
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fix verb (PUNISH)
[ T ] UK slang to punish especially someone who has been unfair:
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Revenge and vengefulness
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- even
- hit
- mind
- own
- pay
- pay sb back
- reprisal
- retaliate
- retaliatory
- revenge
- tit for tat
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance
- vengeful
- vindictive
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fix verb (PRESERVE COLOURS)
[ T ] specialized art to treat something, especially photographic material, with chemicals to prevent its colours becoming pale
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- exposure
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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fix verb (STOP REPRODUCTION)
[ T ] US informal to remove the reproductive organs of an animal so that it is unable to produce young animals
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Zoology: veterinary medicine
- anthrax
- castrate
- cattery
- collar
- delouse
- destroy
- distemper
- foam
- foot-and-mouth
- froth
- geld
- hoof-and-mouth
- leptospirosis
- myxomatosis
- put sth down 1
- quarantine
- rabid
- rabies
- vet
- veterinarian
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fix verb (DRUG)
[ I ] slang to inject (= put into the body through a needle) an illegal drug:
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Drugs - general words
- chase
- chems
- crank
- detox
- dope
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- pop
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- stoned
- trip
- whacked
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uk/fɪks/us/fɪks/fix noun (CHEAT)
[ C usually singular ] a situation in which someone does something dishonest to make certain that a competition, race, or election is won by a particular person:
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Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- perjury
- phishing
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
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fix noun (AWKWARD SITUATION)
[ C usually singular ] informal an awkward or difficult situation:
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- eventuality
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- genie
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- rum
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- vortex
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fix noun (SOLUTION)
a solution to a problem:
fix noun (DRUG)
[ C ] slang an amount of an illegal drug, or of another substance that has an effect on someone:
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Drugs - general words
- chase
- chems
- crank
- detox
- dope
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- pop
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- stoned
- trip
- whacked
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fix noun (POSITION)
[ C ] (the calculation of) the position of a vehicle, usually in relation to the earth:
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- compute
- equate
- figure
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
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