"fix" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /fɪks/ Audio: en-us-fix.ogg [US] Forms: fix [canonical], fixes [third-person, singular], fixed [past], fixed [past, participle], fixing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|fix|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you fix something, you repair it.
    Sense id: simple-fix-en-verb-4j5q3N1c
  2. When you fix something to something else, you attach it or hold it in place. Synonyms: affix
    Sense id: simple-fix-en-verb-1aSNiKdD
  3. When you fix something at a certain time, you make a rule or agreement that the time will not change.
    Sense id: simple-fix-en-verb-RasoBnTa
  4. If you fix an animal, you remove its reproductive organs so that it can not have babies.
    Sense id: simple-fix-en-verb-PLuziKXp
  5. If you fix a game, contest, or election, somebody unfairly controls what will happen before it is over.
    Sense id: simple-fix-en-verb-AO8Mes94
  6. When you attack or punish someone, you fix them.
    Sense id: simple-fix-en-verb-d1nQT~zr Categories (other): Slang
  7. Protected from arrest or conviction.
    Sense id: simple-fix-en-verb-XQe2uSot Categories (other): Slang
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