"fixing" meaning in All languages combined

See fixing on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪksɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-fixing.ogg [Australia] Forms: fixings [plural], fina [alternative], finna [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪksɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} fixing (plural fixings)
  1. The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
    Sense id: en-fixing-en-noun-407JKPGy Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 33 6 5 40
  2. (UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc.) Tags: UK, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-fixing-en-noun--0ZKQceF Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 46 2 3 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 33 6 5 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 43 4 3 30
  3. See fixings.
    Sense id: en-fixing-en-noun-ajKilQeP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: match fixing, nitrogen-fixing, price fixing

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪksɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-fixing.ogg [Australia] Forms: fixin' [alternative], fina [alternative], finna [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪksɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fixing
  1. present participle and gerund of fix Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fix
    Sense id: en-fixing-en-verb-97W6YOBQ
  2. (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to. Tags: Southern-US, slang, with-infinitive Synonyms (going): about, fitting
    Sense id: en-fixing-en-verb-jOHqG7jk Categories (other): Southern US English, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 33 6 5 40 Disambiguation of 'going': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: going to

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈfiɡsin/, [ˈfiɣ̞.sĩn] Forms: fixings [plural]
Rhymes: -iɡsin Etymology: Borrowed from French fixing, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English fixing. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|fr|fixing}} Borrowed from French fixing, {{pseudo-loan|es|en|nocap=1}} pseudo-anglicism, {{der|es|en|fixing}} English fixing Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} fixing m (plural fixings)
  1. financial quotation Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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