fix
EnglishEdit
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The only way for white to draw is to play d5 to fix (sense 2.2) black's pawns.
Alternative formsEdit
- fixe (verb) (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fixe (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgere (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
- He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 111:
- She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.
- (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
- (transitive) 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.
- A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
- The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
- (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
- You can't fix stupid.
- (transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- She fixed dinner for the kids.
- 1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14:
- She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.
- 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94:
- I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.
- (transitive) 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.[1]
- A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
- (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
- 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:
- it is well to fix with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- 1665, Edmund Waller, Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House:
- Accuſing ſome malignant Star,
Not Britain, for that fateful War,
Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear,
Reſolv’d to fix for ever here.
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
- A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,
Flew there on restless wing,
Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- quicksilver will fix, so asto endure the hammer
- (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
- 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
- She doesn't have to worry about stool pigeons because every law in the Federal District knows that Lupita sells junk. She keeps outfits in glasses of alcohol so the junkies can fix in the joint and walk out clean.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of fix
| infinitive | (to) fix | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | fix | fixed | |
| 2nd-person singular | fix, fixest† | fixed, fixedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | fixes, fixeth† | fixed | |
| plural | fix | ||
| subjunctive | fix | fixed | |
| imperative | fix | — | |
| participles | fixing | fixed | |
SynonymsEdit
- (pierce): impale, run through, stick
- (hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
- (mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
- (make a contest unfair): doctor, rig
- (render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate
- (settle or remain permanently): establish, settle down
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to mend or repair
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to attach; to affix; to hold in place
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to prepare
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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
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to map (a point or subset) to itself
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to render (a photographic impression) permanent
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Translations to be checked
NounEdit
fix (plural fixes)
- A repair or corrective action.
- 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
- That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13:
- "How come you're in this fix?"
- It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
- (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
- And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.
- 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
- Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.
- 1992, William Alain Jourgensen (lyrics and music), “Just One Fix”, in Psalm 69, performed by Ministry:
- Just one 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.
- 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.
- A determination of location.
- We have a fix on your position.
- (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
an instance of fixing
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a difficult situation or dilemma
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a single dose of an addictive drug
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determination of location
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]
Further readingEdit
fix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Jonathon Green (2023), “fix n.1 (outfit)”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “fix n.2 (deal)”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “fix n.3 (injection)”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “fix v.3 (to inject)”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
BouyeiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (“fire”). Cognate with Thai ไฟ (fai), Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), Lü ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (phái) or ၾႆး (fái), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek วี๊.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fix
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)
- fixed, not changing
- stationary
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fix m inan
- felt-tip pen, marker
- Synonym: popisovač
DeclensionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
VerbEdit
fix
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fix m (plural fix)
- Alternative spelling of fixe
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin fīxus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fix (strong nominative masculine singular fixer, comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)
- fixed (costs, salary)
- Synonym: fest
- Zu den fixen Kosten zählen Gehälter und Mieten. ― Fixed costs include salaries and rental fees.
- fixed, constant, stationary
- Synonyms: feststehend, konstant, unverändert
- Dieser Berg ist ein fixer Punkt in der Landschaft. ― This mountain is a fixed point in the landscape.
- (Austria) fixed, permanent
- (Austria) definitely (non-gradable)
- (colloquial) quick
- (colloquial) agile, nimble, skilled, smart
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of fix
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| 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
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| 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
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| 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 | |
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus.[1]
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fix (not comparable)
- fixed, steady
- Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott
- fix fizetés ― steady salary
- immovable
- Synonym: szilárd
- sure, certain
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fix | fixek |
| accusative | fixet | fixeket |
| dative | fixnek | fixeknek |
| instrumental | fixszel | fixekkel |
| causal-final | fixért | fixekért |
| translative | fixszé | fixekké |
| terminative | fixig | fixekig |
| essive-formal | fixként | fixekként |
| essive-modal | fixül | — |
| inessive | fixben | fixekben |
| superessive | fixen | fixeken |
| adessive | fixnél | fixeknél |
| illative | fixbe | fixekbe |
| sublative | fixre | fixekre |
| allative | fixhez | fixekhez |
| elative | fixből | fixekből |
| delative | fixről | fixekről |
| ablative | fixtől | fixektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fixé | fixeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fixéi | fixekéi |
Derived termsEdit
(Compound words):
(Expressions):
NounEdit
fix
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fix | fixek |
| accusative | fixet | fixeket |
| dative | fixnek | fixeknek |
| instrumental | fixszel | fixekkel |
| causal-final | fixért | fixekért |
| translative | fixszé | fixekké |
| terminative | fixig | fixekig |
| essive-formal | fixként | fixekként |
| essive-modal | fixül | — |
| inessive | fixben | fixekben |
| superessive | fixen | fixeken |
| adessive | fixnél | fixeknél |
| illative | fixbe | fixekbe |
| sublative | fixre | fixekre |
| allative | fixhez | fixekhez |
| elative | fixből | fixekből |
| delative | fixről | fixekről |
| ablative | fixtől | fixektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fixé | fixeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fixéi | fixekéi |
| Possessive forms of fix | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fixem | fixeim |
| 2nd person sing. | fixed | fixeid |
| 3rd person sing. | fixe | fixei |
| 1st person plural | fixünk | fixeink |
| 2nd person plural | fixetek | fixeitek |
| 3rd person plural | fixük | fixeik |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
fix m
- inflection of fil:
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French fixe, from Latin fixus.
AdjectiveEdit
fix m or n (feminine singular fixă, masculine plural ficși, feminine and neuter plural fixe)
DeclensionEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fix
- fixed, inflexible, rigid
- en fix idé
- a fixed idea
- en fix idé
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of fix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fix | — | — |
| Neuter singular | fixt | — | — |
| Plural | fixa | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | fixe | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fixe | — | — |
| All | fixa | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
fix c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of fix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fix | fixen | fixar | fixarna |
| Genitive | fix | fixens | fixars | fixarnas |