Definizione monolingua

fix

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 dont 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.

   Shes 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 wouldnt work!""

fix (plural fixes)

1. A repair or corrective action.

   That plumbers fix is much better than the first ones.

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.

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

1. fixed, not changing
2. stationary

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