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[edit] Etymology

From Old French fixer, from fixe, from Latin fixus.

[edit] Noun

fix (plural fixes)

  1. A repair or corrective action.
    That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
  2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
    It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
  3. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
    "Just one fix!" -Alain Jourgensen
  4. A prearrangement of the outcome of a competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
    • 1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance‎, page 160:
      As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
  5. A determination of location
    We have a fix on your location.

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an instance of fixing
a difficult situation or dilemma
a single dose of an addictive drug
determination of location

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fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)

  1. To mend, to repair.
    That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
  2. To attach, to become attached; to affix.
    A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
    A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
  3. To become acutely focused or obsessed.
    She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
  4. To prepare.
    She fixed dinner for the kids.
  5. To make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins.
    A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
  6. To make a business of getting paid to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion[1]
  7. (US) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
    Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
  8. (mathematics, transitive) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
  9. To avenge, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
    He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
  10. To purposefully stare at someone.
    He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"

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Terms derived from the verb "fix"

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to mend or repair
to attach; to affix
to prepare
to make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair
to make a business of getting paid to arrange immunity for defendants
to render an animal infertile
to map (a point or subset) to itself
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  1. ^ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin fixus.

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fix m. (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)

  1. fixed, not changing
  2. stationary

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fix (comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)

  1. fixed (costs, salary)
  2. quick
  3. smart

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positive forms of fix
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fix sie ist fix es ist fix sie sind fix
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fixer fixe fixes fixe
genitive fixen fixer fixen fixer
dative fixem fixer fixem fixen
accusative fixen fixe fixes fixe
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der fixe die fixe das fixe die fixen
genitive des fixen der fixen des fixen der fixen
dative dem fixen der fixen dem fixen den fixen
accusative den fixen die fixe das fixe die fixen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fixer eine fixe ein fixes (keine) fixen
genitive eines fixen einer fixen eines fixen (keiner) fixen
dative einem fixen einer fixen einem fixen (keinen) fixen
accusative einen fixen eine fixe ein fixes (keine) fixen
comparative forms of fix
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fixer sie ist fixer es ist fixer sie sind fixer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fixerer fixere fixeres fixere
genitive fixeren fixerer fixeren fixerer
dative fixerem fixerer fixerem fixeren
accusative fixeren fixere fixeres fixere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der fixere die fixere das fixere die fixeren
genitive des fixeren der fixeren des fixeren der fixeren
dative dem fixeren der fixeren dem fixeren den fixeren
accusative den fixeren die fixere das fixere die fixeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fixerer eine fixere ein fixeres (keine) fixeren
genitive eines fixeren einer fixeren eines fixeren (keiner) fixeren
dative einem fixeren einer fixeren einem fixeren (keinen) fixeren
accusative einen fixeren eine fixere ein fixeres (keine) fixeren
superlative forms of fix
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am fixesten sie ist am fixesten es ist am fixesten sie sind am fixesten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fixester fixeste fixestes fixeste
genitive fixesten fixester fixesten fixester
dative fixestem fixester fixestem fixesten
accusative fixesten fixeste fixestes fixeste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der fixeste die fixeste das fixeste die fixesten
genitive des fixesten der fixesten des fixesten der fixesten
dative dem fixesten der fixesten dem fixesten den fixesten
accusative den fixesten die fixeste das fixeste die fixesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fixester eine fixeste ein fixestes (keine) fixesten
genitive eines fixesten einer fixesten eines fixesten (keiner) fixesten
dative einem fixesten einer fixesten einem fixesten (keinen) fixesten
accusative einen fixesten eine fixeste ein fixestes (keine) fixesten

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[edit] Noun

fix m.

  1. Nominative singular of fil
  2. Oblique plural of fil

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fix

  1. fixed, inflexible, rigid
    en fix idé
    a fixed idea

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Declension of fix
Inflections of
fix
Indefinite
singular		 Common fix
Neuter fixt
Definite
singular		 Masc. fixe
All fixa
Plural fixa

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fix c.

  1. a fix, a dose of an addictive drug

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Declension of fix
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fix fixen fixar fixarna
genitive fix fixens fixars fixarnas
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