"quick fix" meaning in English

See quick fix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: quick fixes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quick fix (plural quick fixes)
  1. A simple solution; an easy way out.
    Sense id: en-quick_fix-en-noun-MMMLCWjT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. A temporary solution; a stopgap measure. Synonyms (temporary solution): workaround
    Sense id: en-quick_fix-en-noun-YEd-WVEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'temporary solution': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quick-fix

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for quick fix meaning in English (1.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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