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fix - verb

  1. To place securely in a position or condition: ensconce, establish, install, seat, settle. See put in.
  2. To make secure: anchor, catch, fasten, moor, secure. See move.
  3. To join one thing to another: affix, attach, clip, connect, couple, fasten, moor, secure. See assemble.
  4. To become or cause to become stuck or lodged: catch, lodge, stick. See move.
  5. To produce a deep impression of: engrave, etch, grave, impress, imprint, inscribe, stamp. See marks.
  6. To implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible: embed, entrench, fasten, infix, ingrain, lodge, root. See move.
  7. To set forth expressly and authoritatively: decree, dictate, impose, lay down, ordain, prescribe. See over.
  8. To put into correct or conclusive form: arrange, conclude, dispose of, settle. See do.
  9. To bring about or come to an agreement concerning: arrange, conclude, negotiate, set, settle. See agree.
  10. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to: affix, assign, blame, fasten, impute, pin on, place. See give.
  11. To restore to proper condition or functioning: doctor, fix up, mend, overhaul, patch, repair, revamp, right. See help.
  12. To alter for proper functioning: adjust, regulate, set, tune(up). Music attune. See change. help.
  13. To cause to be ready, as for use, consumption, or a special purpose: fit, make, prepare, prime, ready. See prepared.
  14. To render incapable of reproducing sexually: alter, castrate, geld, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex. See reproduction. rich.
  15. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, pay off, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Archaic wreak. See forgiveness.
  16. To prearrange the outcome of (a contest) unlawfully: tamper. See crimes.

fix up - phrasal verb

  1. To improve in appearance, especially by refurbishing: smarten(up), spruce(up). See better.
  2. To restore to proper condition or functioning: doctor, fix, mend, overhaul, patch, repair, revamp, right. See help.

fix - noun

  1. Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior: bribe, graft, payola. Informal payoff. Slang boodle. See crimes. money. persuasion.
  2. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition: box, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble. Informal bind, pickle, spot. See easy.